JLPT N1 · Verb

賑わう (nigiwau)

賑わう (にぎわう, nigiwau) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be crowded with people; to be bustling with”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: にぎわう
Romaji: nigiwau
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to be crowded with people; to be bustling with · godan verb, intransitive
to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

この町は以前ほどにぎわっていない。

This city is not so busy as it used to be.

Tatoeba #220511

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

Conjugation of 賑わう

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	賑わう	にぎわう nigiwau
Polite (~masu)	賑わいます	にぎわいます nigiwaimasu
Negative	賑わわない	にぎわわない nigiwawanai
Polite negative	賑わいません	にぎわいません nigiwaimasen
Past	賑わった	にぎわった nigiwatta
Polite past	賑わいました	にぎわいました nigiwaimashita
Negative past	賑わわなかった	にぎわわなかった nigiwawanakatta
Te-form	賑わって	にぎわって nigiwatte
Potential	賑わえる	にぎわえる nigiwaeru
Passive	賑わわれる	にぎわわれる nigiwawareru
Causative	賑わわせる	にぎわわせる nigiwawaseru
Volitional	賑わおう	にぎわおう nigiwaou
Imperative	賑わえ	にぎわえ nigiwae
Conditional (~ba)	賑わえば	にぎわえば nigiwaeba

Kanji in 賑わう

賑

flourish, be bustling, prosperityシン・にぎ.わい・にぎ.やか · 14 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1463500 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.