I Love Kanji目立つ (medatsu)
目立つ (めだつ, medatsu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be conspicuous; to stand out”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- めだつ
- Romaji
- medatsu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in つ
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be conspicuous; to stand out · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 目立つ
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in つ. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 目立つ | めだつ medatsu |
| Polite (~masu) | 目立ちます | めだちます medachimasu |
| Negative | 目立たない | めだたない medatanai |
| Polite negative | 目立ちません | めだちません medachimasen |
| Past | 目立った | めだった medatta |
| Polite past | 目立ちました | めだちました medachimashita |
| Negative past | 目立たなかった | めだたなかった medatanakatta |
| Te-form | 目立って | めだって medatte |
| Potential | 目立てる | めだてる medateru |
| Passive | 目立たれる | めだたれる medatareru |
| Causative | 目立たせる | めだたせる medataseru |
| Volitional | 目立とう | めだとう medatou |
| Imperative | 目立て | めだて medate |
| Conditional (~ba) | 目立てば | めだてば medateba |
Kanji in 目立つ
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 目立つ.
目めeye真面目まじめserious科目かもく(school) subject目上めうえsuperior目的もくてきpurpose目標もくひょうgoal注目ちゅうもくnoticeお目に掛かるおめにかかるto meet (someone of higher status)丁目ちょうめnth district of a town番目ばんめthe nth ...項目こうもくitem目下めしたsubordinate目印めじるしmark (for quick identification or recognition)目安めやすcriterion
Source: JMdict entry 1535700 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.