JLPT N5 vocabulary
痛い: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
いたい2Nakadaka · falls inside
i-adjective
Meaning
- painful, sore
- cringey, embarrassing (colloquial)

Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 痛い | 痛 |
| Plain past過去形 | 痛 | 痛 |
| Polite presentです形 | 痛い | 痛 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 痛 | 痛 |
| Te-formて形 | 痛 | 痛 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 痛い | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 痛 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 痛 | 痛 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 痛 | 痛 |
Example sentences
こんな切り傷、痛くも何ともないよ。
A cut like this doesn't hurt at all.
昨日は食べすぎてお腹が痛くなりました。
Yesterday I ate too much so my stomach hurt.
こんなに頭が痛くて、病気でなくてなんだろう。
My head hurts so much I must be sick.