JLPT N5 · い-adjective

若い (wakai)

若い (わかい, wakai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “young; youthful”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: わかい
Romaji: wakai
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

young; youthful · い-adjective
immature; green · い-adjective
low (number); small · い-adjective

Example sentences

「彼女は若いですか」「はい」

"Is she young?" "Yes, she is."

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

Conjugation of 若い

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	若い	わかい wakai
Negative	若くない	わかくない wakakunai
Past	若かった	わかかった wakakatta
Negative past	若くなかった	わかくなかった wakakunakatta
Te-form	若くて	わかくて wakakute
Adverb (~ku)	若く	わかく wakaku
Conditional (~ba)	若ければ	わかければ wakakereba

Kanji in 若い

若

young, if, perhapsジャク・ニャク・わか.い・わか- · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 若い.

若々しいわかわかしいyouthful若干じゃっかんsome

Source: JMdict entry 1324300 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.