JLPT N3 · な-adjective

得意 (tokui)

得意 (とくい, tokui) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “satisfaction; pride”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: とくい
Romaji: tokui
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

satisfaction; pride; triumph; elation · noun, な-adjective, noun taking の
one's strong point; one's forte; one's specialty · noun, な-adjective, noun taking の
regular customer; regular client; patron · noun

Example sentences

彼は彼の洞察力を得意に思っている。

He congratulates himself on his foresight.

Tatoeba #101186

あなたは数学が得意ですか。

Are you good at mathematics?

Tatoeba #231810

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

Conjugation of 得意

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	得意だ	とくいだ tokuida
Present (polite)	得意です	とくいです tokuidesu
Negative	得意じゃない	とくいじゃない tokuijanai
Past	得意だった	とくいだった tokuidatta
Negative past	得意じゃなかった	とくいじゃなかった tokuijanakatta
Te-form	得意で	とくいで tokuide
Before a noun	得意な	とくいな tokuina
Adverb (~ni)	得意に	とくいに tokuini

Kanji in 得意

得

gain, get, findトク・え.る・う.る · 11 strokes

意

idea, mind, heartイ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 得意.

得るえるto get得るうるto be able to ...納得なっとくconsent損得そんとくloss and gain心得るこころえるto know心得こころえknowledge (of a skill, art, etc.)得点とくてんscoring獲得かくとくacquisition所得しょとくincome説得せっとくpersuasion意味いみmeaning意見いけんopinion注意ちゅういattention用意よういpreparation

Source: JMdict entry 1454510 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.