JLPT N1 · な-adjective

勇敢 (yuukan)

勇敢 (ゆうかん, yuukan) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “brave; courageous”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ゆうかん
Romaji: yuukan
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

彼は勇敢でかいかつな少年だ。

He is a brave and cheerful boy.

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

Conjugation of 勇敢

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	勇敢だ	ゆうかんだ yuukanda
Present (polite)	勇敢です	ゆうかんです yuukandesu
Negative	勇敢じゃない	ゆうかんじゃない yuukanjanai
Past	勇敢だった	ゆうかんだった yuukandatta
Negative past	勇敢じゃなかった	ゆうかんじゃなかった yuukanjanakatta
Te-form	勇敢で	ゆうかんで yuukande
Before a noun	勇敢な	ゆうかんな yuukanna
Adverb (~ni)	勇敢に	ゆうかんに yuukanni

Kanji in 勇敢

勇

courage, cheer up, be in high spiritsユウ・いさ.む · 9 strokes

敢

daring, brave, boldカン・あ.えて・あ.えない · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 勇敢.

勇気ゆうきcourage勇ましいいさましいbrave敢えてあえてpurposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.)

Source: JMdict entry 1539730 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.