I Love Kanjiひどい (hidoi)
ひどい is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “cruel; heartless”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ひどい
- Romaji
- hidoi
- Word class
- い-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe · い-adjective · usually written in kana
- violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme · い-adjective · usually written in kana
- very bad; terrible; awful · い-adjective · usually written in kana
- excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair · い-adjective · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of ひどい
い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | ひどい | ひどい hidoi |
| Negative | ひどくない | ひどくない hidokunai |
| Past | ひどかった | ひどかった hidokatta |
| Negative past | ひどくなかった | ひどくなかった hidokunakatta |
| Te-form | ひどくて | ひどくて hidokute |
| Adverb (~ku) | ひどく | ひどく hidoku |
| Conditional (~ba) | ひどければ | ひどければ hidokereba |
Source: JMdict entry 1602060 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.