JLPT N1 · な-adjective

華やか (hanayaka)

華やか (はなやか, hanayaka) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “bright and beautiful; gorgeous”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: はなやか
Romaji: hanayaka
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; brilliant; splendid · な-adjective
prosperous; flourishing; thriving · な-adjective

Example sentences

ショービジネスというのは本当に華やかだ。

Show business is really glamorous.

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

Conjugation of 華やか

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	華やかだ	はなやかだ hanayakada
Present (polite)	華やかです	はなやかです hanayakadesu
Negative	華やかじゃない	はなやかじゃない hanayakajanai
Past	華やかだった	はなやかだった hanayakadatta
Negative past	華やかじゃなかった	はなやかじゃなかった hanayakajanakatta
Te-form	華やかで	はなやかで hanayakade
Before a noun	華やかな	はなやかな hanayakana
Adverb (~ni)	華やかに	はなやかに hanayakani

Kanji in 華やか

華

splendor, flower, petalカ・ケ・はな · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 華やか.

豪華ごうかextravagant華々しいはなばなしいbrilliant華奢きゃしゃdainty

Source: JMdict entry 1600990 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.