JLPT N3 · い-adjective

賢い (kashikoi)

賢い (かしこい, kashikoi) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “wise; clever”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: かしこい
Romaji: kashikoi
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

wise; clever; smart · い-adjective
well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good · い-adjective · chn

Example sentences

あなたは何と賢い生徒なのでしょう。

What a clever student you are!

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

Conjugation of 賢い

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	賢い	かしこい kashikoi
Negative	賢くない	かしこくない kashikokunai
Past	賢かった	かしこかった kashikokatta
Negative past	賢くなかった	かしこくなかった kashikokunakatta
Te-form	賢くて	かしこくて kashikokute
Adverb (~ku)	賢く	かしこく kashikoku
Conditional (~ba)	賢ければ	かしこければ kashikokereba

Kanji in 賢い

賢

intelligent, wise, wisdomケン・かしこ.い · 16 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 賢い.

賢明けんめいwise

Source: JMdict entry 1260260 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.