可能 (kanou)
可能 (かのう, kanou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “possible; potential”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- かのう
- Romaji
- kanou
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- possible; potential; practicable; feasible · な-adjective, noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 可能
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 可能だ | かのうだ kanouda |
| Present (polite) | 可能です | かのうです kanoudesu |
| Negative | 可能じゃない | かのうじゃない kanoujanai |
| Past | 可能だった | かのうだった kanoudatta |
| Negative past | 可能じゃなかった | かのうじゃなかった kanoujanakatta |
| Te-form | 可能で | かのうで kanoude |
| Before a noun | 可能な | かのうな kanouna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 可能に | かのうに kanouni |
Kanji in 可能
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 可能.
可愛いかわいいcute可かacceptable許可きょかpermission不可ふかwrong可愛そうかわいそうpoor可愛らしいかわいらしいlovely可決かけつapproval可愛がるかわいがるto be affectionate to不可欠ふかけつindispensable能のうtalent機能きのうfunction才能さいのうtalent有能ゆうのうable知能ちのうintelligence
Source: JMdict entry 1191060 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.