直角 (chokkaku)
直角 (ちょっかく, chokkaku) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “right angle”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ちょっかく
- Romaji
- chokkaku
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- right angle · noun, な-adjective, noun taking の
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 直角
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 直角だ | ちょっかくだ chokkakuda |
| Present (polite) | 直角です | ちょっかくです chokkakudesu |
| Negative | 直角じゃない | ちょっかくじゃない chokkakujanai |
| Past | 直角だった | ちょっかくだった chokkakudatta |
| Negative past | 直角じゃなかった | ちょっかくじゃなかった chokkakujanakatta |
| Te-form | 直角で | ちょっかくで chokkakude |
| Before a noun | 直角な | ちょっかくな chokkakuna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 直角に | ちょっかくに chokkakuni |
Kanji in 直角
直
straightaway, honesty, franknessチョク・ジキ・ただ.ちに・なお.す · 8 strokes角
angle, corner, squareカク・かど・つの · 7 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 直角.
直るなおるto get mended直すなおすto repair直じきsoon直にじかにdirectly正直しょうじきhonest直接ちょくせつdirect直ちにただちにat once垂直すいちょくvertical素直すなおobedient卒直そっちょくfrank率直そっちょくfrank直後ちょくごimmediately following直線ちょくせんstraight line直前ちょくぜんjust before
Source: JMdict entry 1430800 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.