JLPT N4 vocabulary
得意: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
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na-adjective
Meaning
- satisfaction, pride, triumph, elation
- one's strong point, one's forte, one's specialty
- regular customer, regular client, patron
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 得意 | 得意 |
| Plain past過去形 | 得意 | 得意 |
| Polite presentです形 | 得意 | 得意 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 得意 | 得意 |
| Te-formて形 | 得意 | 得意 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 得意 | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 得意 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 得意 | 得意 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 得意 | 得意 |
Example sentences
彼は運転が得意だということです。
I hear he's good at driving.
彼は運転が得意だということを知っています。
I know that he is good at driving.