I Love Kanji神 (kami)
神 (かみ, kami) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “god; deity”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- かみ
- Romaji
- kami
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami · noun
- god-tier; incredible; fantastic; amazing · prefix noun, な-adjective · slang
- Emperor (of Japan) · noun · honorific, archaic
- thunder · noun · archaic
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 神
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 神だ | かみだ kamida |
| Present (polite) | 神です | かみです kamidesu |
| Negative | 神じゃない | かみじゃない kamijanai |
| Past | 神だった | かみだった kamidatta |
| Negative past | 神じゃなかった | かみじゃなかった kamijanakatta |
| Te-form | 神で | かみで kamide |
| Before a noun | 神な | かみな kamina |
| Adverb (~ni) | 神に | かみに kamini |
Kanji in 神
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 神.
Source: JMdict entry 1364440 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.