genki desu
Meaning and examples
polite: is healthy
この部屋はとても元気です。
この へや は とても げんき です。
kono heya wa totemo genki desu.
This room is very healthy.
💡 Form of 元気 (healthy / energetic).
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808 words · JLPT N5
JLPT N5 vocabulary
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genki desu
polite: is healthy
この部屋はとても元気です。
この へや は とても げんき です。
kono heya wa totemo genki desu.
This room is very healthy.
💡 Form of 元気 (healthy / energetic).
shizuka desu
polite: is quiet
ここはいつも静かです。
ここ は いつも しずか です。
koko wa itsumo shizuka desu.
It is always quiet here.
💡 Form of 静か (quiet).
nigiyaka desu
polite: is lively
ここはいつもにぎやかです。
ここ は いつも にぎやか です。
koko wa itsumo nigiyaka desu.
It is always lively here.
💡 Form of にぎやか (lively).
yuumei desu
polite: is famous
この学校はとても有名です。
この がっこう は とても ゆうめい です。
kono gakkou wa totemo yuumei desu.
This school is very famous.
💡 Form of 有名 (famous).
benri desu
polite: is convenient
この本はとても便利です。
この ほん は とても べんり です。
kono hon wa totemo benri desu.
This book is very convenient.
💡 Form of 便利 (convenient).
Do not learn 便利です from zero: it carries 便利 inside it. Hold on to 便利 = convenient and the rest is grammar.
Read the full tip →kantan desu
polite: is simple
ここはいつも簡単です。
ここ は いつも かんたん です。
koko wa itsumo kantan desu.
It is always simple here.
💡 Form of 簡単 (simple / easy).
Under the surface, 簡単です is still 簡単 — same image, new grammar around it: 簡単 = simple / easy.
Read the full tip →taihen desu
polite: is tough
この学校はとても大変です。
この がっこう は とても たいへん です。
kono gakkou wa totemo taihen desu.
This school is very tough.
💡 Form of 大変 (tough / serious).
Once 大変 clicks, 大変です comes free — it is the same word at work in a sentence: 大変 = tough going.
Read the full tip →daijoubu desu
polite: is all right
わたしの町はとても大丈夫です。
わたし の まち は とても だいじょうぶ です。
watashi no machi wa totemo daijoubu desu.
My town is very all right.
💡 Form of 大丈夫 (all right).
suki desu
polite: is liked
ここはいつも好きです。
ここ は いつも すき です。
koko wa itsumo suki desu.
It is always liked here.
💡 Form of 好き (liked / favorite).
kirai desu
polite: is disliked
今日の天気はとても嫌いです。
きょう の てんき は とても きらい です。
kyou no tenki wa totemo kirai desu.
The weather today is very disliked.
💡 Form of 嫌い (disliked).
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