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Japanese verb明らか (akiraka) Conjugation
明らか (akiraka) means “clear, obvious, evident”. It is a な-adjective verb. It is a な-adjective: it takes な before a noun (明らかな) and だ or です after it, so 明らかだ, 明らかでした, 明らかに. Below is its conjugation in all 14 forms, plain and polite, the same forms the Japanese verb conjugation worksheets print in their answer keys.
- Meaning
- clear, obvious, evident
- Type
- な-adjective
- Dictionary form
- 明らか
- Reading
- あきらか
- Romaji
- akiraka
- Negative
- 明らかじゃない
- Past
- 明らかだった
- Te-form
- 明らかで
- Adverb
- 明らかに
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 明らかだ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 明らかじゃない / 明らかではない |
| Polite | 明らかです |
| Polite negative | 明らかじゃありません / 明らかではありません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 明らかだった |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 明らかじゃなかった / 明らかではなかった |
| Polite | 明らかでした |
| Polite negative | 明らかじゃありませんでした / 明らかではありませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 明らかで |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 明らかじゃなくて / 明らかではなくて |
Can and if
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 明らかなら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 明らかでなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 明らかだったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 明らかじゃなかったら / 明らかではなかったら |
Adjectives
Adverb (adjectives)連用形
| Adverb | 明らかに |
|---|
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 重要 (juuyou)important, essential, significant
- 新た (arata)new, fresh, novel
- 積極的 (sekkyokuteki)positive, assertive, active
- 大幅 (oohaba)big, large, drastic
- 反対 (hantai)opposition, resistance, antagonism
- 平和 (heiwa)peace, harmony
- 連続 (renzoku)continuous
- 行う (okonau)to perform, to do, to conduct oneself
- 安定 (antei)stable
- 確実 (kakujitsu)certain, sure, definite
- 疑問 (gimon)doubt, question, suspicion
- 共通 (kyoutsuu)common, shared, mutual
About these tables
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