JLPT N1 · な-adjective

頻繁 (hinpan)

頻繁 (ひんぱん, hinpan) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “frequent; incessant”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ひんぱん
Romaji: hinpan
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

frequent; incessant · な-adjective

Example sentences

電車はバスより頻繁に来ます。

Trains come more often than buses.

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

Conjugation of 頻繁

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	頻繁だ	ひんぱんだ hinpanda
Present (polite)	頻繁です	ひんぱんです hinpandesu
Negative	頻繁じゃない	ひんぱんじゃない hinpanjanai
Past	頻繁だった	ひんぱんだった hinpandatta
Negative past	頻繁じゃなかった	ひんぱんじゃなかった hinpanjanakatta
Te-form	頻繁で	ひんぱんで hinpande
Before a noun	頻繁な	ひんぱんな hinpanna
Adverb (~ni)	頻繁に	ひんぱんに hinpanni

Kanji in 頻繁

頻

repeatedly, recurヒン・しき.りに · 17 strokes

繁

luxuriant, thick, overgrownハン・しげ.る・しげ.く · 16 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 頻繁.

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Source: JMdict entry 1491050 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.