I Love Kanji強引 (gouin)
強引 (ごういん, gouin) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “overbearing; coercive”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ごういん
- Romaji
- gouin
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed · な-adjective, noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 強引
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 強引だ | ごういんだ gouinda |
| Present (polite) | 強引です | ごういんです gouindesu |
| Negative | 強引じゃない | ごういんじゃない gouinjanai |
| Past | 強引だった | ごういんだった gouindatta |
| Negative past | 強引じゃなかった | ごういんじゃなかった gouinjanakatta |
| Te-form | 強引で | ごういんで gouinde |
| Before a noun | 強引な | ごういんな gouinna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 強引に | ごういんに gouinni |
Kanji in 強引
Related words
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Source: JMdict entry 1236170 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.