Japanese i-adjective
kibishii — strict 厳しい
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 strict kibishii 厳しい | is not strict kibishikunai 厳しくない |
| Polite | kibishii desu 厳しいです | kibishikunai desu 厳しくないです | |
| Past | Plain | was strict kibishikatta 厳しかった | was not strict kibishikunakatta 厳しくなかった |
| Polite | kibishikatta desu 厳しかったです | kibishikunakatta desu 厳しくなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be strict kibishii darō 厳しいだろう | kibishikunai darō 厳しくないだろう |
| Polite | kibishii deshō 厳しいでしょう | kibishikunai deshō 厳しくないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is strict kibishikereba 厳しければ | if it is not strict kibishikunakereba 厳しくなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | kibishikute 厳しくて | kibishikunakute 厳しくなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.