JLPT N1 · い-adjective

快い (kokoroyoi)

快い (こころよい, kokoroyoi) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “pleasant; agreeable”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: こころよい
Romaji: kokoroyoi
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing · い-adjective

Example sentences

私は昨夜快く眠った。

I slept comfortably last night.

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

Conjugation of 快い

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	快い	こころよい kokoroyoi
Negative	快くない	こころよくない kokoroyokunai
Past	快かった	こころよかった kokoroyokatta
Negative past	快くなかった	こころよくなかった kokoroyokunakatta
Te-form	快くて	こころよくて kokoroyokute
Adverb (~ku)	快く	こころよく kokoroyoku
Conditional (~ba)	快ければ	こころよければ kokoroyokereba

Kanji in 快い

快

cheerful, pleasant, agreeableカイ・こころよ.い · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 快い.

快適かいてきpleasant愉快ゆかいpleasant快晴かいせいclear weather軽快けいかいlight (of movements)全快ぜんかいcomplete recovery of health

Source: JMdict entry 1199970 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.