JLPT N5 vocabulary
親切: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
しんせつ1Atamadaka · high startalso 0
na-adjective
Meaning
kind, gentle, considerate, generous, friendly, nice

Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 親切 | 親切 |
| Plain past過去形 | 親切 | 親切 |
| Polite presentです形 | 親切 | 親切 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 親切 | 親切 |
| Te-formて形 | 親切 | 親切 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 親切 | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 親切 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 親切 | 親切 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 親切 | 親切 |
Example sentences
友達が欲しいなら人に親切にするまでだ。
If you want friends, all you have to do is be kind to people.
小学校の先生は親切で元気であるべきだ。
Elementary school teachers should be kind and energetic.
彼女は親しみやすいかと言えばそうではないが、親切です。
Is she easy to get along with? Not really, but she is kind.