偉い

えらい

Also written as:
  • 豪い

Meanings

  • Adjective

    i-adjective
    1. great; excellent; admirable; remarkable; distinguished; important; celebrated; famous; eminent.
    2. awful; terrible.

      kana-only

Word informations

  • Common word: yes
  • JLPT Level: 2

Kanji

偉admirable, greatness, remarkable, conceited, famous, excellent
豪overpowering, great, powerful, excelling, Australia

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Conjugation

Typei-adjective
Non-Past positive偉い
Non-Past negative偉くない
Past positive偉かった
Provisional偉ければ
-te form偉くて
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Conjugation of 偉い (えらい)

Type
i-adjective (keiyoushi)
Stem
偉
Infinitive
None
-te form
偉くて
Neutral
Positive Negative
Non-past
  • 偉い
  • 偉くない
Past
  • 偉かった
  • 偉くなかった
Conjunctive
  • 偉くて
  • 偉くなくて
Conditional
  • 偉かったら
  • 偉くなかったら
Provisional
  • 偉ければ
  • 偉くなければ
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