JLPT N1 · い-adjective

好ましい (konomashii)

好ましい (このましい, konomashii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “nice; likeable”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
このましい
Romaji
konomashii
Word class
い-adjective
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. nice; likeable; desirable · い-adjective

Example sentences

この映画は、子供に好ましくない影響を与えるかもしれない。
This movie may have an undesirable influence on children.

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

Conjugation of 好ましい

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

FormJapaneseReading
Present好ましいこのましい konomashii
Negative好ましくないこのましくない konomashikunai
Past好ましかったこのましかった konomashikatta
Negative past好ましくなかったこのましくなかった konomashikunakatta
Te-form好ましくてこのましくて konomashikute
Adverb (~ku)好ましくこのましく konomashiku
Conditional (~ba)好ましければこのましければ konomashikereba

Kanji in 好ましい

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 好ましい.

Source: JMdict entry 1277490 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.