JLPT N1 · い-adjective

目覚しい (mezamashii)

目覚しい (めざましい, mezamashii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “remarkable; striking”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: めざましい
Romaji: mezamashii
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular · い-adjective

Example sentences

日本は戦後目覚ましい産業の進歩をとげた。

Japan achieved a remarkable development in industrial technology after the war.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 目覚しい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	目覚しい	めざましい mezamashii
Negative	目覚しくない	めざましくない mezamashikunai
Past	目覚しかった	めざましかった mezamashikatta
Negative past	目覚しくなかった	めざましくなかった mezamashikunakatta
Te-form	目覚しくて	めざましくて mezamashikute
Adverb (~ku)	目覚しく	めざましく mezamashiku
Conditional (~ba)	目覚しければ	めざましければ mezamashikereba

Kanji in 目覚しい

目

eye, class, lookモク・ボク・め・-め · 5 strokes

覚

memorize, learn, rememberカク・おぼ.える・さ.ます · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 目覚しい.

目めeye真面目まじめserious科目かもく(school) subject目上めうえsuperior目的もくてきpurpose目標もくひょうgoal注目ちゅうもくnoticeお目に掛かるおめにかかるto meet (someone of higher status)丁目ちょうめnth district of a town番目ばんめthe nth ...項目こうもくitem目下めしたsubordinate目印めじるしmark (for quick identification or recognition)目安めやすcriterion

Source: JMdict entry 1604930 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.