Japanese i-adjective
chikai — near, close 近い
Explore the principal positive, negative, past, non-past and conditional forms of this Japanese adjective.
How i-adjectives conjugate
The final い changes to create negative, past and connecting forms. The adjective itself carries this grammatical information, so a separate verb is not required in the plain forms.
Conjugation table
The English glosses are approximate; the natural translation depends on the surrounding sentence.
| Form | Style | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present (non-past) | Plain | is near, close chikai 近い | is not near, close chikakunai 近くない |
| Polite | chikai desu 近いです | chikakunai desu 近くないです | |
| Past | Plain | was near, close chikakatta 近かった | was not near, close chikakunakatta 近くなかった |
| Polite | chikakatta desu 近かったです | chikakunakatta desu 近くなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be near, close chikai darō 近いだろう | chikakunai darō 近くないだろう |
| Polite | chikai deshō 近いでしょう | chikakunai deshō 近くないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is near, close chikakereba 近ければ | if it is not near, close chikakunakereba 近くなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | chikakute 近くて | chikakunakute 近くなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.