JLPT N5 · い-adjective

面白い (omoshiroi)

面白い (おもしろい, omoshiroi) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “interesting; fascinating”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: おもしろい
Romaji: omoshiroi
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

interesting; fascinating; intriguing; enthralling · い-adjective
amusing; funny; comical · い-adjective
enjoyable; fun; entertaining; pleasant; agreeable · い-adjective
good; satisfactory; favourable; desirable; encouraging · い-adjective · usu. in the negative

Example sentences

新聞には何も面白いことは載っていない。

There is nothing interesting in the newspaper.

Tatoeba #145177

これは私が読んだ中で一番面白い本です。

This is the funniest book in my reading.

Tatoeba #218336

彼女は子供たちに面白い話をしてあげた。

She told her children an amusing story.

Tatoeba #226249

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

Conjugation of 面白い

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	面白い	おもしろい omoshiroi
Negative	面白くない	おもしろくない omoshirokunai
Past	面白かった	おもしろかった omoshirokatta
Negative past	面白くなかった	おもしろくなかった omoshirokunakatta
Te-form	面白くて	おもしろくて omoshirokute
Adverb (~ku)	面白く	おもしろく omoshiroku
Conditional (~ba)	面白ければ	おもしろければ omoshirokereba

Kanji in 面白い

面

mask, face, featuresメン・ベン・おも・おもて · 9 strokes

白

whiteハク・ビャク・しろ・しら- · 5 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 面白い.

真面目まじめserious面めんface面接めんせつinterview (e.g. for a job)面倒めんどうtrouble場面ばめんscene表面ひょうめんsurface地面じめんground正面しょうめんfront水面すいめんwater's surface洗面せんめんwashing one's face方面ほうめんdirection面積めんせきarea (measurement)面倒臭いめんどうくさいbothersome一面いちめんone face

Source: JMdict entry 1533580 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.