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かわいい

N5

cute

kawaii

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JLPT
N5
Frequency
#3,125

Meanings

  1. 1
    cute; adorable; charmingい-adjective
  2. 2
    dear; precious; darlingい-adjective
  3. 3
    innocent; childlike; childishい-adjective

JMdict 1577200

Conjugation

FormConjugatedReading
Polite Present (~desu)
かわいいです
かわいいです
Polite Past (~katta desu)
かわいかったです
かわいかったです
Polite Negative (~kunai desu)
かわいくないです
かわいくないです
Plain Negative (~kunai)
かわいくない
かわいくない
Te-form (Connecting)
かわいくて
かわいくて
Adverbial (~ku)
かわいく
かわいく

In a sentence

赤(あか)ちゃんbabyはかわいいcuteね

The baby is cute, isn't it

How it works

は (topic) raises 赤ちゃん(あかちゃん) (baby) as the topic, and the i-adjective かわいい (cute) is the whole predicate — no copula after an i-adjective. The final ね (right?) invites agreement, turning it into a shared "isn't the baby cute?" rather than a flat statement.

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