JLPT N1 · な-adjective

臆病 (okubyou)

臆病 (おくびょう, okubyou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “cowardly; timid”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: おくびょう
Romaji: okubyou
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

cowardly; timid; easily frightened · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

彼がああ臆病だとは思わなかった。

I did not think he was so timid.

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

Conjugation of 臆病

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	臆病だ	おくびょうだ okubyouda
Present (polite)	臆病です	おくびょうです okubyoudesu
Negative	臆病じゃない	おくびょうじゃない okubyoujanai
Past	臆病だった	おくびょうだった okubyoudatta
Negative past	臆病じゃなかった	おくびょうじゃなかった okubyoujanakatta
Te-form	臆病で	おくびょうで okubyoude
Before a noun	臆病な	おくびょうな okubyouna
Adverb (~ni)	臆病に	おくびょうに okubyouni

Kanji in 臆病

臆

timidity, heart, mindオク・ヨク・むね・おくする · 17 strokes

病

ill, sickビョウ・ヘイ・や.む・-や.み · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 臆病.

病院びょういんhospital病気びょうきillness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold)看病かんびょうnursing (a patient)病びょうdisease病むやむto fall ill発病はつびょうonset of an illness

Source: JMdict entry 1182790 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.