List of Japanese Adjectives with their Antonyms

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List of Japanese Adjectives with their Antonyms

This page is a page where the main content is to list all the available Japanese adjectives with their antonyms. The list will grow as time goes by. Currently, there are only several of them. The adjectives exist in the list will be added and the list is sorted accordingly by the sequence of Japanese Hiragana letter.

No.

Adjective

(Positive tone)

Antonym

(Negative tone)

1.

Kanji : 安全な

Hiragana : あんぜんな

Romaji : anzen na

Meaning : safe

Kanji : 危ない

Hiragana : あぶない

Romaji : abunai

Meaning : dangerous

2.

Kanji : 浅い

Hiragana : あさい

Romaji : asai

Meaning : shallow

Kanji : 深い

Hiragana : ふかい

Romaji : fukai

Meaning : deep

3.

Kanji : 新しい

Hiragana : あたらしい

Romaji : atarashii

Meaning : new

Kanji : 古い

Hiragana : ふるい

Romaji : furui

Meaning : old

4.

Kanji : 頭がいい

Hiragana : あたまがいい

Romaji : atama ga ii

Meaning : smart

Kanji : 頭が悪い

Hiragana : あたまがわるい

Romaji : atama ga warui

Meaning : not smart

5.

Kanji : 暑い

Hiragana : あつい

Romaji : atsui

Meaning : hot

Kanji : 寒い

Hiragana :さむい

Romaji : samui

Meaning : cold

6.

Kanji : 大きい

Hiragana : おおきい

Romaji : ookii

Meaning : big

Kanji : 小さい

Hiragana : ちいさい

Romaji : chiisai

Meaning : small

7.

Kanji : 面白い

Hiragana : おもしろい

Romaji : omoshiroi

Meaning : interesting

Kanji : つまらない

Hiragana : つまらない

Romaji : tsumarai

Meaning :  boring

8.

Kanji : 簡単な

Hiragana : かんたんな

Romaji : kantan na

Meaning :  easy

Kanji : 難しい

Hiragana : むずかしい

Romaji : muzukashii

Meaning : difficult

9.

Kanji : 暗い

Hiragana :くらい

Romaji : kurai

Meaning : dark

Kanji : 明るい

Hiragana : あかるい

Romaji : akarui

Meaning : bright

10.

Kanji :黒い

Hiragana :くろい

Romaji : kuroi

Meaning : black

Kanji : 白い

Hiragana :しろい

Romaji : shiroi

Meaning : white

11.

Kanji : 静かな

Hiragana :しずかな

Romaji : shizuka na

Meaning : quiet

Kanji :うるさい

Hiragana :うるさい

Romaji : urusai

Meaning : loud

13.

Kanji : 正しい

Hiragana : ただしい

Romaji : tadashii

Meaning : right

Kanji : 間違い

Hiragana : まちがい

Romaji : machigai

Meaning :  wrong

14.

Kanji : 長い

Hiragana : ながい

Romaji : nagai

Meaning : long

Kanji : 短い

Hiragana : みじかい

Romaji : mijikai

Meaning : short

15.

Kanji : なめらかな

Hiragana : なめらかな

Romaji : nameraka na

Meaning : smooth

Kanji : 粗い

Hiragana : あらい

Romaji : arai

Meaning : rough

16.

Kanji : 真っ直ぐな

Hiragana : まっすぐな

Romaji : massugu na

Meaning : straight

Kanji : 曲がった

Hiragana : まがった

Romaji : magatta

Meaning :  bent