I Love Kanji元気 (genki)
元気 (げんき, genki) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “lively; full of spirit”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- げんき
- Romaji
- genki
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- lively; full of spirit; energetic; vigorous; vital · な-adjective, noun
- healthy; well; fit; in good health · な-adjective, noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 元気
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 元気だ | げんきだ genkida |
| Present (polite) | 元気です | げんきです genkidesu |
| Negative | 元気じゃない | げんきじゃない genkijanai |
| Past | 元気だった | げんきだった genkidatta |
| Negative past | 元気じゃなかった | げんきじゃなかった genkijanakatta |
| Te-form | 元気で | げんきで genkide |
| Before a noun | 元気な | げんきな genkina |
| Adverb (~ni) | 元気に | げんきに genkini |
Kanji in 元気
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 元気.
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Source: JMdict entry 1260720 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.