広い
ひろい · hiroi
Spacious, vast, wide
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falls after mora 2 · what is pitch accent?
Example sentences
隣の部屋も広いです。
となりへやもひろいです。
The next room is also spacious.
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このジムもあのジムと同じくらい広いです。
このじむもあのじむとおなじくらいひろいです。
This gym is about as spacious as that gym.
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Conjugation
| Negative (ない形) | 広くないひろくない |
| Past (た形) | 広かったひろかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 広くなかったひろくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 広くてひろくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 広くひろく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 広いひろい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 広ければひろければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 広かったらひろかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 広くなるひろくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 広すぎるひろすぎる |
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What does 広い mean?
Spacious, vast, wide.
How do you pronounce 広い?
ひろい (hiroi). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 広い?
JLPT N5 — beginner. See the JLPT N5 guide.
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