JLPT N5 · な-adjective

大丈夫 (daijoubu)

大丈夫 (だいじょうぶ, daijoubu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “safe; secure”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: だいじょうぶ
Romaji: daijoubu
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

safe; secure; sound; problem-free; without fear · な-adjective
certainly; surely; undoubtedly · adverb
no thanks; I'm good; that's alright · interjection, な-adjective · colloquial
great man; fine figure of a man · noun · archaic

Example sentences

彼女は今のところ大丈夫です。

She is all right at the moment.

Tatoeba #90036

いや、大丈夫だ。

No, no, that's okay.

Tatoeba #228498

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

Conjugation of 大丈夫

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	大丈夫だ	だいじょうぶだ daijoubuda
Present (polite)	大丈夫です	だいじょうぶです daijoubudesu
Negative	大丈夫じゃない	だいじょうぶじゃない daijoubujanai
Past	大丈夫だった	だいじょうぶだった daijoubudatta
Negative past	大丈夫じゃなかった	だいじょうぶじゃなかった daijoubujanakatta
Te-form	大丈夫で	だいじょうぶで daijoubude
Before a noun	大丈夫な	だいじょうぶな daijoubuna
Adverb (~ni)	大丈夫に	だいじょうぶに daijoubuni

Kanji in 大丈夫

大

large, bigダイ・タイ・おお-・おお.きい · 3 strokes

丈

length, ten shaku, measureジョウ・たけ・だけ · 3 strokes

夫

husband, manフ・フウ・おっと・それ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 大丈夫.

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Source: JMdict entry 1414150 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.