I Love Kanjiあやふや (ayafuya)
あやふや is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “uncertain; indefinite”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あやふや
- Romaji
- ayafuya
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal · な-adjective · onomatopoeia / mimetic
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of あやふや
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | あやふやだ | あやふやだ ayafuyada |
| Present (polite) | あやふやです | あやふやです ayafuyadesu |
| Negative | あやふやじゃない | あやふやじゃない ayafuyajanai |
| Past | あやふやだった | あやふやだった ayafuyadatta |
| Negative past | あやふやじゃなかった | あやふやじゃなかった ayafuyajanakatta |
| Te-form | あやふやで | あやふやで ayafuyade |
| Before a noun | あやふやな | あやふやな ayafuyana |
| Adverb (~ni) | あやふやに | あやふやに ayafuyani |
Source: JMdict entry 1000510 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.