JLPT N3 · な-adjective

穏やか (odayaka)

穏やか (おだやか, odayaka) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “calm; quiet”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: おだやか
Romaji: odayaka
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

calm; quiet; gentle; peaceful; mild · な-adjective
moderate; reasonable; amicable · な-adjective

Example sentences

海は穏やかに、そしてなめらかに見える。

The sea looks calm and smooth.

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

Conjugation of 穏やか

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	穏やかだ	おだやかだ odayakada
Present (polite)	穏やかです	おだやかです odayakadesu
Negative	穏やかじゃない	おだやかじゃない odayakajanai
Past	穏やかだった	おだやかだった odayakadatta
Negative past	穏やかじゃなかった	おだやかじゃなかった odayakajanakatta
Te-form	穏やかで	おだやかで odayakade
Before a noun	穏やかな	おだやかな odayakana
Adverb (~ni)	穏やかに	おだやかに odayakani

Kanji in 穏やか

穏

calm, quiet, moderationオン・おだ.やか · 16 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1183590 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.