JLPT N2 · い-adjective

険しい (kewashii)

険しい (けわしい, kewashii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “precipitous; rugged”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: けわしい
Romaji: kewashii
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; impregnable; steep · い-adjective
grim; severe; stern · い-adjective

Example sentences

彼らは険しい北面を登った。

They climbed the rugged north face.

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

Conjugation of 険しい

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	険しい	けわしい kewashii
Negative	険しくない	けわしくない kewashikunai
Past	険しかった	けわしかった kewashikatta
Negative past	険しくなかった	けわしくなかった kewashikunakatta
Te-form	険しくて	けわしくて kewashikute
Adverb (~ku)	険しく	けわしく kewashiku
Conditional (~ba)	険しければ	けわしければ kewashikereba

Kanji in 険しい

険

precipitous, inaccessible place, impregnable positionケン・けわ.しい · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 険しい.

危険きけんdanger冒険ぼうけんadventure保険ほけんinsurance

Source: JMdict entry 1260530 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.