I Love Kanjiくだらない (kudaranai)
くだらない is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “trivial; trifling”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- くだらない
- Romaji
- kudaranai
- Word class
- い-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- trivial; trifling; insignificant; not worth bothering with; worthless · い-adjective · usually written in kana
- stupid; nonsensical; absurd; foolish; silly · い-adjective · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of くだらない
い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | くだらない | くだらない kudaranai |
| Negative | くだらなくない | くだらなくない kudaranakunai |
| Past | くだらなかった | くだらなかった kudaranakatta |
| Negative past | くだらなくなかった | くだらなくなかった kudaranakunakatta |
| Te-form | くだらなくて | くだらなくて kudaranakute |
| Adverb (~ku) | くだらなく | くだらなく kudaranaku |
| Conditional (~ba) | くだらなければ | くだらなければ kudaranakereba |
Source: JMdict entry 1184360 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.