JLPT N2 · い-adjective

頼もしい (tanomoshii)

頼もしい (たのもしい, tanomoshii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “reliable; dependable”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: たのもしい
Romaji: tanomoshii
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

reliable; dependable; trustworthy; reassuring · い-adjective
hopeful; promising · い-adjective

Example sentences

彼は頼もしい男だ。

He is a man to be depended on.

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

Conjugation of 頼もしい

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	頼もしい	たのもしい tanomoshii
Negative	頼もしくない	たのもしくない tanomoshikunai
Past	頼もしかった	たのもしかった tanomoshikatta
Negative past	頼もしくなかった	たのもしくなかった tanomoshikunakatta
Te-form	頼もしくて	たのもしくて tanomoshikute
Adverb (~ku)	頼もしく	たのもしく tanomoshiku
Conditional (~ba)	頼もしければ	たのもしければ tanomoshikereba

Kanji in 頼もしい

頼

trust, requestライ・たの.む・たの.もしい · 16 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 頼もしい.

頼むたのむto request信頼しんらいtrust (in)依頼いらいrequest頼るたよるto rely on

Source: JMdict entry 1548380 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.