Japanese i-adjective
akarui — bright 明るい
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 bright akarui 明るい | is not bright akarukunai 明るくない |
| Polite | akarui desu 明るいです | akarukunai desu 明るくないです | |
| Past | Plain | was bright akarukatta 明るかった | was not bright akarukunakatta 明るくなかった |
| Polite | akarukatta desu 明るかったです | akarukunakatta desu 明るくなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be bright akarui darō 明るいだろう | akarukunai darō 明るくないだろう |
| Polite | akarui deshō 明るいでしょう | akarukunai deshō 明るくないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is bright akarukereba 明るければ | if it is not bright akarukunakereba 明るくなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | akarukute 明るくて | akarukunakute 明るくなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.