Nihoner

毅ずよう

ずよう · zuyou

JLPT N5 i-adjective 連用形

is the masu-stem of 毅い — strong, potent, competent, domineering, tough.

  • strong, brawny, powerful, healthy, rugged
  • good (at), skilled, knowledgeable
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How it’s built

毅い 毅う

Masu-stem (). 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).

毅い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.

Name that form

Three more forms of . Can you tell what each one is?

Every form of

Negative 毅くないずよくない
Past 毅かったずよかった
Past negative 毅くなかったずよくなかった
Te-form 毅くてずよくて
Adverb 毅くずよく
Before a noun 毅いずよい
Ba-conditional 毅ければずよければ
Tara-conditional 毅かったらずよかったら
Become ~ 毅くなるずよくなる
Too ~ 毅すぎるずよすぎる

Drill every form in the Conjugation Dojo →

Other forms and spellings

毅けれ毅きゃ毅けりゃ毅からう毅かろ毅かろう毅かろふ毅い毅え毅く毅かっ
masu-stem of 毅い