JLPT N2 · い-adjective

勇ましい (isamashii)

勇ましい (いさましい, isamashii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “brave; valiant”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
いさましい
Romaji
isamashii
Word class
い-adjective
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. brave; valiant; gallant; courageous · い-adjective
  2. stirring; vigorous; rousing · い-adjective

Example sentences

一人で原始林へ乗り込もうとは君はなんて勇ましいんだ。
How brave of you to go alone into the primaeval forest!

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

Conjugation of 勇ましい

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

FormJapaneseReading
Present勇ましいいさましい isamashii
Negative勇ましくないいさましくない isamashikunai
Past勇ましかったいさましかった isamashikatta
Negative past勇ましくなかったいさましくなかった isamashikunakatta
Te-form勇ましくていさましくて isamashikute
Adverb (~ku)勇ましくいさましく isamashiku
Conditional (~ba)勇ましければいさましければ isamashikereba

Kanji in 勇ましい

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 勇ましい.

Source: JMdict entry 1539660 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.