JLPT N1 · な-adjective

不可欠 (fukaketsu)

不可欠 (ふかけつ, fukaketsu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “indispensable; essential”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ふかけつ
Romaji
fukaketsu
Word class
な-adjective
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. indispensable; essential · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

自由こそ不可欠なものだ。
Freedom is the breath of life.

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

Conjugation of 不可欠

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

FormJapaneseReading
Present (plain)不可欠だふかけつだ fukaketsuda
Present (polite)不可欠ですふかけつです fukaketsudesu
Negative不可欠じゃないふかけつじゃない fukaketsujanai
Past不可欠だったふかけつだった fukaketsudatta
Negative past不可欠じゃなかったふかけつじゃなかった fukaketsujanakatta
Te-form不可欠でふかけつで fukaketsude
Before a noun不可欠なふかけつな fukaketsuna
Adverb (~ni)不可欠にふかけつに fukaketsuni

Kanji in 不可欠

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 不可欠.

Source: JMdict entry 1491400 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.