I Love Kanji詳細 (shousai)
詳細 (しょうさい, shousai) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “details; particulars”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- しょうさい
- Romaji
- shousai
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- details; particulars; specifics · noun
- detailed; specific; minute · な-adjective
- close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view · noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 詳細
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 詳細だ | しょうさいだ shousaida |
| Present (polite) | 詳細です | しょうさいです shousaidesu |
| Negative | 詳細じゃない | しょうさいじゃない shousaijanai |
| Past | 詳細だった | しょうさいだった shousaidatta |
| Negative past | 詳細じゃなかった | しょうさいじゃなかった shousaijanakatta |
| Te-form | 詳細で | しょうさいで shousaide |
| Before a noun | 詳細な | しょうさいな shousaina |
| Adverb (~ni) | 詳細に | しょうさいに shousaini |
Kanji in 詳細
詳
detailed, full, minuteショウ・くわ.しい・つまび.らか · 13 strokes細
dainty, get thin, taperサイ・ほそ.い・ほそ.る · 11 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 詳細.
詳しいくわしいdetailed細いほそいthin細かいこまかいsmall細菌さいきんbacterium細工さいくwork細胞さいぼうcell心細いこころぼそいhelpless細やかこまやかtender
Source: JMdict entry 1351760 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.