I Love Kanjiおおげさ (oogesa)
おおげさ is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “exaggerated; overdone”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- おおげさ
- Romaji
- oogesa
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic · な-adjective
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of おおげさ
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | おおげさだ | おおげさだ oogesada |
| Present (polite) | おおげさです | おおげさです oogesadesu |
| Negative | おおげさじゃない | おおげさじゃない oogesajanai |
| Past | おおげさだった | おおげさだった oogesadatta |
| Negative past | おおげさじゃなかった | おおげさじゃなかった oogesajanakatta |
| Te-form | おおげさで | おおげさで oogesade |
| Before a noun | おおげさな | おおげさな oogesana |
| Adverb (~ni) | おおげさに | おおげさに oogesani |
Source: JMdict entry 1588890 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.