I Love Kanji華奢 (kyasha)
華奢 (きゃしゃ, kyasha) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “dainty; delicate”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.
- Reading
- きゃしゃ
- Romaji
- kyasha
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- dainty; delicate; slender; slim and elegant · な-adjective, noun
- fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail · な-adjective, noun
Example sentences
踊り子達は白いドレスを着てきゃしゃに見えますが、実際には彼女たちは馬のように力強いのです。
The dancers look delicate in their white dresses, but they are really as strong as horses.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 華奢
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 華奢だ | きゃしゃだ kyashada |
| Present (polite) | 華奢です | きゃしゃです kyashadesu |
| Negative | 華奢じゃない | きゃしゃじゃない kyashajanai |
| Past | 華奢だった | きゃしゃだった kyashadatta |
| Negative past | 華奢じゃなかった | きゃしゃじゃなかった kyashajanakatta |
| Te-form | 華奢で | きゃしゃで kyashade |
| Before a noun | 華奢な | きゃしゃな kyashana |
| Adverb (~ni) | 華奢に | きゃしゃに kyashani |
Kanji in 華奢
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 華奢.
Source: JMdict entry 1195660 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.