JLPT N1 · な-adjective

賢明 (kenmei)

賢明 (けんめい, kenmei) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “wise; sensible”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: けんめい
Romaji: kenmei
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

あなたが彼女と別れるのは賢明である。

You will do well to leave her.

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

Conjugation of 賢明

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	賢明だ	けんめいだ kenmeida
Present (polite)	賢明です	けんめいです kenmeidesu
Negative	賢明じゃない	けんめいじゃない kenmeijanai
Past	賢明だった	けんめいだった kenmeidatta
Negative past	賢明じゃなかった	けんめいじゃなかった kenmeijanakatta
Te-form	賢明で	けんめいで kenmeide
Before a noun	賢明な	けんめいな kenmeina
Adverb (~ni)	賢明に	けんめいに kenmeini

Kanji in 賢明

賢

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

明

bright, lightメイ・ミョウ・あ.かり・あか.るい · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 賢明.

賢いかしこいwise明日あしたtomorrow明るいあかるいlight明後日あさってday after tomorrow説明せつめいexplanation明日あすtomorrow証明しょうめいproof明確めいかくclear発明はつめいinvention文明ぶんめいcivilization照明しょうめいillumination声明せいめいdeclaration明かりあかりlight明らかあきらかclear

Source: JMdict entry 1260320 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.