sentakushimasu
Meaning and examples
polite: do laundry
あしたの午後、洗濯します。
あした の ごご、せんたくします。
ashita no gogo, sentakushimasu.
I will do laundry tomorrow afternoon.
💡 する-verb form of 洗濯 (laundry).
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JLPT N5 vocabulary
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sentakushimasu
polite: do laundry
あしたの午後、洗濯します。
あした の ごご、せんたくします。
ashita no gogo, sentakushimasu.
I will do laundry tomorrow afternoon.
💡 する-verb form of 洗濯 (laundry).
atarashikunai desu
polite negative: is not new
この店はぜんぜん新しくないです。
この みせ は ぜんぜん あたらしくない です。
kono mise wa zenzen atarashikunai desu.
This shop is not new at all.
💡 Form of 新しい (new).
新しくないです is 新しい in a different shape. The core word has not changed, so keep the same picture in mind: 新しい = new.
Read the full tip →furukunai desu
polite negative: is not old
今日はあまり古くないです。
きょう は あまり ふるくない です。
kyou wa amari furukunai desu.
Today it is not very old.
💡 Form of 古い (old).
Do not learn 古くないです from zero: it carries 古い inside it. Hold on to 古い = old (things) and the rest is grammar.
Read the full tip →ookikunai desu
polite negative: is not big
今日はあまり大きくないです。
きょう は あまり おおきくない です。
kyou wa amari ookikunai desu.
Today it is not very big.
💡 Form of 大きい (big).
chiisakunai desu
polite negative: is not small
今日の天気はあまり小さくないです。
きょう の てんき は あまり ちいさくない です。
kyou no tenki wa amari chiisakunai desu.
The weather today is not very small.
💡 Form of 小さい (small).
takakunai desu
polite negative: is not expensive
今日はあまり高くないです。
きょう は あまり たかくない です。
kyou wa amari takakunai desu.
Today it is not very expensive.
💡 Form of 高い (expensive / tall).
Do not learn 高くないです from zero: it carries 高い inside it. Hold on to 高い = high: tall or expensive and the rest is grammar.
Read the full tip →yasukunai desu
polite negative: is not cheap
わたしの部屋は安くないです。
わたし の へや は やすくない です。
watashi no heya wa yasukunai desu.
My room is not cheap.
💡 Form of 安い (cheap).
Once 安い clicks, 安くないです comes free — it is the same word at work in a sentence: 安い = easy on the wallet.
Read the full tip →isogashikunai desu
polite negative: is not busy
この本は忙しくないです。
この ほん は いそがしくない です。
kono hon wa isogashikunai desu.
This book is not busy.
💡 Form of 忙しい (busy).
Under the surface, 忙しくないです is still 忙しい — same image, new grammar around it: 忙しい = busy.
Read the full tip →tanoshikunai desu
polite negative: is not fun
今日の天気はあまり楽しくないです。
きょう の てんき は あまり たのしくない です。
kyou no tenki wa amari tanoshikunai desu.
The weather today is not very fun.
💡 Form of 楽しい (fun).
omoshirokunai desu
polite negative: is not interesting
この町はあまり面白くないです。
この まち は あまり おもしろくない です。
kono machi wa amari omoshirokunai desu.
This town is not very interesting.
💡 Form of 面白い (interesting).
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