JLPT N4 · い-adjective

正しい (tadashii)

正しい (ただしい, tadashii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “right; correct”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ただしい
Romaji
tadashii
Word class
い-adjective
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. right; correct · い-adjective
  2. proper; righteous; just; honest; truthful · い-adjective

Example sentences

これが正しいかどうか自信がないんだ。
I'm not sure if this is correct.

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

Conjugation of 正しい

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

FormJapaneseReading
Present正しいただしい tadashii
Negative正しくないただしくない tadashikunai
Past正しかったただしかった tadashikatta
Negative past正しくなかったただしくなかった tadashikunakatta
Te-form正しくてただしくて tadashikute
Adverb (~ku)正しくただしく tadashiku
Conditional (~ba)正しければただしければ tadashikereba

Kanji in 正しい

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 正しい.

Source: JMdict entry 1376600 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.