Japanese Vocabulary: Common Adjectives

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Vocabulary List

English Japanese Pronunciation
bad
悪い
big
大きい
different
異なる
early
早い
few
少数の
first
最初
good
良い
great
偉大な
high
高い
important
重要な
large
大きな
last
最後
little
少しの
long
長い
new
新しい
next
次の
old
古い
other
他の
same
同じ
small
小さい
young
若い

Cultural Insight: Adjective Placement in Japanese

In Japanese, adjectives typically come before the noun they describe. This is different from English, where adjectives usually come after the noun. Remember this when using common adjectives in Japanese to accurately describe objects or people.

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