JLPT N5 vocabulary
忙しい: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
いそがしい4Nakadaka · falls inside
i-adjective
Meaning
- busy, occupied, hectic
- restless, hurried, fidgety

Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 忙しい | 忙し |
| Plain past過去形 | 忙し | 忙し |
| Polite presentです形 | 忙しい | 忙し |
| Polite pastでした形 | 忙し | 忙し |
| Te-formて形 | 忙し | 忙し |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 忙しい | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 忙し | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 忙し | 忙し |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 忙し | 忙し |
Example sentences
彼は忙しい医者です。
He is a busy doctor.
父は忙しく休日はなきに等しい生活だ。
Dad is busy and he has next to no days off.
この3日間というもの、忙しくて休んでいない。
For these three days, I've been busy and haven't rested.