JLPT N3 · な-adjective

かなり (kanari)

かなり is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “considerably; fairly”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
かなり
Romaji
kanari
Word class
な-adjective
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty · adverb, noun taking の, な-adjective · usually written in kana

Example sentences

4マイルはかなりの距離だ。
Four miles is a good distance.

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

Conjugation of かなり

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

FormJapaneseReading
Present (plain)かなりだかなりだ kanarida
Present (polite)かなりですかなりです kanaridesu
Negativeかなりじゃないかなりじゃない kanarijanai
Pastかなりだったかなりだった kanaridatta
Negative pastかなりじゃなかったかなりじゃなかった kanarijanakatta
Te-formかなりでかなりで kanaride
Before a nounかなりなかなりな kanarina
Adverb (~ni)かなりにかなりに kanarini

Source: JMdict entry 1590560 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.