shirokatta desu
Meaning and examples
polite past: was white
ホテルの部屋はとても白かったです。
ほてる の へや は とても しろかった です。
hoteru no heya wa totemo shirokatta desu.
The hotel room was very white.
💡 Form of 白い (white).
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808 words · JLPT N5
JLPT N5 vocabulary
Words 641–650
shirokatta desu
polite past: was white
ホテルの部屋はとても白かったです。
ほてる の へや は とても しろかった です。
hoteru no heya wa totemo shirokatta desu.
The hotel room was very white.
💡 Form of 白い (white).
kurokatta desu
polite past: was black
先月の旅行はとても黒かったです。
せんげつ の りょこう は とても くろかった です。
sengetsu no ryokou wa totemo kurokatta desu.
Last month's trip was very black.
💡 Form of 黒い (black).
genkina
attributive: healthy (before a noun)
ここは元気なところです。
ここ は げんきな ところ です。
koko wa genkina tokoro desu.
This is a healthy place.
💡 Form of 元気 (healthy / energetic).
shizukana
attributive: quiet (before a noun)
ここは静かなところです。
ここ は しずかな ところ です。
koko wa shizukana tokoro desu.
This is a quiet place.
💡 Form of 静か (quiet).
nigiyakana
attributive: lively (before a noun)
にぎやかな部屋がいいです。
にぎやかな へや が いい です。
nigiyakana heya ga ii desu.
I would like a lively room.
💡 Form of にぎやか (lively).
yuumeina
attributive: famous (before a noun)
有名な町に住んでいます。
ゆうめいな まち に すんでいます。
yuumeina machi ni sundeimasu.
I live in a famous town.
💡 Form of 有名 (famous).
benrina
attributive: convenient (before a noun)
それは便利な話ですね。
それ は べんりな はなし です ね。
sore wa benrina hanashi desu ne.
That is a convenient story, isn't it?
💡 Form of 便利 (convenient).
Under the surface, 便利な is still 便利 — same image, new grammar around it: 便利 = convenient.
Read the full tip →kantanna
attributive: simple (before a noun)
それは簡単な話ですね。
それ は かんたんな はなし です ね。
sore wa kantanna hanashi desu ne.
That is a simple story, isn't it?
💡 Form of 簡単 (simple / easy).
Under the surface, 簡単な is still 簡単 — same image, new grammar around it: 簡単 = simple / easy.
Read the full tip →taihenna
attributive: tough (before a noun)
大変な本を借りました。
たいへんな ほん を かりました。
taihenna hon o karimashita.
I borrowed a tough book.
💡 Form of 大変 (tough / serious).
Once 大変 clicks, 大変な comes free — it is the same word at work in a sentence: 大変 = tough going.
Read the full tip →daijoubuna
attributive: all right (before a noun)
大丈夫な本を借りました。
だいじょうぶな ほん を かりました。
daijoubuna hon o karimashita.
I borrowed a all right book.
💡 Form of 大丈夫 (all right).
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