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Kanji for common adjectives

Kanji used in the most common Japanese adjectives, such as 大きい (ōkii, big), 新しい (atarashii, new) and 高い (takai, tall or expensive). In adjectives the kanji carries the meaning, and the kana after it change as the word is conjugated.

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Kanji readings, meanings and frequency from KANJIDIC2, © Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. JLPT levels from Jonathan Waller's JLPT resources (CC BY).