JLPT N1 · な-adjective

円滑 (enkatsu)

円滑 (えんかつ, enkatsu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “smooth; undisturbed”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: えんかつ
Romaji: enkatsu
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious · な-adjective

Example sentences

彼は、中国語をしっていたので、私たちは計画を円滑に実行できた。

His knowledge of Chinese enabled us to carry out our plan smoothly.

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

Conjugation of 円滑

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	円滑だ	えんかつだ enkatsuda
Present (polite)	円滑です	えんかつです enkatsudesu
Negative	円滑じゃない	えんかつじゃない enkatsujanai
Past	円滑だった	えんかつだった enkatsudatta
Negative past	円滑じゃなかった	えんかつじゃなかった enkatsujanakatta
Te-form	円滑で	えんかつで enkatsude
Before a noun	円滑な	えんかつな enkatsuna
Adverb (~ni)	円滑に	えんかつに enkatsuni

Kanji in 円滑

円

circle, yen, roundエン・まる.い・まる · 4 strokes

滑

slippery, slide, slipカツ・コツ・すべ.る・なめ.らか · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 円滑.

円えんyen (currency of Japan)円まるcircle円周えんしゅうcircumference楕円だえんellipse円満えんまんharmonious真ん円いまんまるいperfectly round滑るすべるto slide滑稽こっけいfunny滑らかなめらかsmooth (of a surface)

Source: JMdict entry 1576570 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.