勁う
つよう · tsuyoi
JLPT N5 i-adjective 連用形
勁う is the masu-stem of 勁い — strong, potent, competent, domineering, tough.
- strong, brawny, powerful, healthy, rugged
- good (at), skilled, knowledgeable
How it’s built
勁い
勁う
Masu-stem (連用形). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.
This spelling is the version with う (sound change, mostly in polite or older speech).
勁い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 勁い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 勁い
| Negative (ない形) | 勁くないつよくない |
| Past (た形) | 勁かったつよかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 勁くなかったつよくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 勁くてつよくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 勁くつよく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 勁いつよい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 勁ければつよければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 勁かったらつよかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 勁くなるつよくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 勁すぎるつよすぎる |
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Other forms and spellings
勁けれ勁きゃ勁けりゃ勁からう勁かろ勁かろう勁かろふ勁い勁え勁く勁かっSave your words
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