Adjectives 2

Japanese Adjectives: Comparatives, Quantifiers, Intensifiers

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Motto

1) A little

Sukoshi

2) A little

Chotto

Not very (with negative)

Amari

Much more

Zutto

Than

Yori

More … than

No hō ga

Tokyo is bigger than Osaka

Tokyo wa Oksaka yori ookii desu (A wa B yori + adj desu)

Tokyo is bigger than Osaka

Osaka yori Tokyo no hō ga (A yori B no hō ga + adj desu)

Cheaper / More cheap

Motto yasui desu (Motto + adj)

A little expensive

Sukoshi takai desu (Sukoshi + adj)

Not very good

Amari yokunai desu (Amari + negative adj)

Many

Takusan

A little

Sukoshi

A bit

Chotto

Not at all Zenzen (negative)

Not much

Amari (negative)

Almost

Hotondo

Full

Ippai

Few

Sukunai

Intensifiers

Very

Totemo

Really

Sugoku

Extremely

Hijō ni

Super

Meccha

Ultra

Chō

Fairly

Kanari

Pretty

Nakanaka

Truly

Hontō ni

As if

Marude

Considerably

Zuibun

Most

Ichiban

Most (formal)

Mottomo

Sai~ (prefix)

Saikō (best), Saitei (worst), saishin (latest)

The most delicious

Ichiban oishii desu (Ichiban + adj)

The most important

Mottomo taisetsu desu (Mottomo + adj)

Saikō

best / greatest

Saitei

worst