肝腎 (kanjin)
肝腎 (かんじん, kanjin) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “essential; important”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- かんじん
- Romaji
- kanjin
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- essential; important; crucial; vital; main · な-adjective, noun taking の, noun
Example sentences
なんであれ物事の本体を捕らえる事が肝心だ。
No matter what the problem is, it's essential to get at the heart of the matter.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 肝腎
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 肝腎だ | かんじんだ kanjinda |
| Present (polite) | 肝腎です | かんじんです kanjindesu |
| Negative | 肝腎じゃない | かんじんじゃない kanjinjanai |
| Past | 肝腎だった | かんじんだった kanjindatta |
| Negative past | 肝腎じゃなかった | かんじんじゃなかった kanjinjanakatta |
| Te-form | 肝腎で | かんじんで kanjinde |
| Before a noun | 肝腎な | かんじんな kanjinna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 肝腎に | かんじんに kanjinni |
Kanji in 肝腎
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 肝腎.
Source: JMdict entry 1590870 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.