JLPT N4 · な-adjective

格好 (kakkou)

格好 (かっこう, kakkou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “shape; form”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: かっこう
Romaji: kakkou
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

shape; form; figure; posture; pose · noun
appearance; style · noun
state; situation · noun
suitable; fit; reasonable · な-adjective, noun taking の, noun
about · suffix noun · after an age

Example sentences

あの少年は格好がいい。

The young man is a handsome figure.

Tatoeba #230839

ここは時間潰しに格好の場所である。

Here is a fit space for whiling away.

Tatoeba #224300

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

Conjugation of 格好

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	格好だ	かっこうだ kakkouda
Present (polite)	格好です	かっこうです kakkoudesu
Negative	格好じゃない	かっこうじゃない kakkoujanai
Past	格好だった	かっこうだった kakkoudatta
Negative past	格好じゃなかった	かっこうじゃなかった kakkoujanakatta
Te-form	格好で	かっこうで kakkoude
Before a noun	格好な	かっこうな kakkouna
Adverb (~ni)	格好に	かっこうに kakkouni

Kanji in 格好

格

status, rank, capacityカク・コウ · 10 strokes

好

fond, pleasing, like somethingコウ・この.む・す.く · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 格好.

格かくstatus性格せいかくcharacter (of a person)価格かかくprice合格ごうかくpassing (an exam)資格しかくqualifications格別かくべつparticular同格どうかくthe same rank格差かくさqualitative difference規格きかくstandard人格じんかくpersonality体格たいかくbuild失格しっかくdisqualification本格ほんかくoriginal method好きすきliking

Source: JMdict entry 1590480 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.