JLPT N5 · い-adjective

痛い (itai)

痛い (いたい, itai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “painful; sore”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: いたい
Romaji: itai
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

painful; sore · い-adjective
cringy; embarrassing · い-adjective · colloquial

Example sentences

噛むと痛いですか。

Does it hurt when you chew?

Tatoeba #226227

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

Conjugation of 痛い

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	痛い	いたい itai
Negative	痛くない	いたくない itakunai
Past	痛かった	いたかった itakatta
Negative past	痛くなかった	いたくなかった itakunakatta
Te-form	痛くて	いたくて itakute
Adverb (~ku)	痛く	いたく itaku
Conditional (~ba)	痛ければ	いたければ itakereba

Kanji in 痛い

痛

pain, hurt, damageツウ・いた.い・いた.む · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 痛い.

頭痛ずつうheadache痛みいたみpain苦痛くつうpain痛感つうかんfeeling keenly痛切つうせつkeen

Source: JMdict entry 1432680 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.