JLPT N3 · な-adjective

確実 (kakujitsu)

確実 (かくじつ, kakujitsu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “certain; sure”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: かくじつ
Romaji: kakujitsu
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

これは遅いけど確実な方法だ。

This is a slow but certain way.

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

Conjugation of 確実

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	確実だ	かくじつだ kakujitsuda
Present (polite)	確実です	かくじつです kakujitsudesu
Negative	確実じゃない	かくじつじゃない kakujitsujanai
Past	確実だった	かくじつだった kakujitsudatta
Negative past	確実じゃなかった	かくじつじゃなかった kakujitsujanakatta
Te-form	確実で	かくじつで kakujitsude
Before a noun	確実な	かくじつな kakujitsuna
Adverb (~ni)	確実に	かくじつに kakujitsuni

Kanji in 確実

確

assurance, firm, tightカク・コウ・たし.か・たし.かめる · 15 strokes

実

reality, truth, seedジツ・シツ・み・みの.る · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 確実.

確かたしかsure正確せいかくaccurate確認かくにんconfirmation明確めいかくclear確かめるたしかめるto make sure確率かくりつprobability的確てきかくaccurate適確てきかくaccurate確信かくしんconviction確定かくていdecision確保かくほsecuring確立かくりつestablishment実みfruit事実じじつfact

Source: JMdict entry 1205830 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.