JLPT N5 · い-adjective

太い (futoi)

太い (ふとい, futoi) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “fat; thick”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ふとい
Romaji: futoi
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

fat; thick · い-adjective
deep (of a voice); thick; sonorous · い-adjective
daring; shameless; brazen; audacious · い-adjective

Example sentences

彼は太い首をしている。

He has a thick neck.

Tatoeba #102554

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

Conjugation of 太い

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	太い	ふとい futoi
Negative	太くない	ふとくない futokunai
Past	太かった	ふとかった futokatta
Negative past	太くなかった	ふとくなかった futokunakatta
Te-form	太くて	ふとくて futokute
Adverb (~ku)	太く	ふとく futoku
Conditional (~ba)	太ければ	ふとければ futokereba

Kanji in 太い

太

plump, thick, big aroundタイ・タ・ふと.い・ふと.る · 4 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 太い.

太るふとるto put on weight太陽たいようSun太鼓たいこdrum

Source: JMdict entry 1408180 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.