Common Japanese adverbs list
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Want to learn the Japanese language? Here’s a complete list of the most common and useful adverbs in Japanese with their translation in English. Ideal to help you boost your Japanese vocabulary!
ENGLISH | ROMAJI | JAPANESE |
a bit more, more, another | mō chotto / mō sukoshi | もうちょっと / もう少し |
a little, a bit, slightly | sukoshi | 少し / すこし |
a lot, many, much | takusan | たくさん |
abnormally, unusually | ijō ni | 異常に |
about, approximately | yaku | 約 / やく |
absolutely, definitely | zettai ni | 絶対に |
accidentally | gūzen | 偶然 |
after / later | atode | あとで / 後で |
after all | yappari | やっぱり |
again | matta | また |
alone | hitori de | 独りで |
already | sudeni | すでに |
already, again | mou | もう |
always | itsumo | いつも |
always, constantly | tsuneni | 常に |
anytime | donna toki mo | どんなときも |
anyway | tonikaku | とにかく |
anywhere, everywhere | doko demo | どこでも |
apparently | dōyara | どうやら |
as much as possible | narubeku | なるべく |
at any time, at all times | itsudemo | 何時でも |
at first | saisho ni | 最初に |
at last | youyaku / yatto | ようやく / やっと |
automatically | jidōteki ni | 自動的に |
away | hanare te | 離れて |
barely | wazuka ni | わずかに |
by now | sorosoro | そろそろ |
calmly | ochitsuite | 落ち着いて |
carefully | chuui bukaku | 注意深く |
carefully, cautiously | shinchō ni | 慎重に |
carelessly | ukkari | うっかり |
certainly, of course | mochiron | もちろん |
clearly | hakkiri | はっきり |
comfortably | kaiteki ni | 快適に |
commonly | ippan teki ni | 一般的に |
completely, perfectly | kanzen ni | 完全に |
completely, thoroughly | sukkari | すっかり |
constantly | ittei shite | 一定して |
correctly | masashiku | 正しく |
curiously, mysteriously | fushigina koto ni | 不思議なことに |
currently | genzai | 現在 |
delicately | sensai ni | 繊細に |
desperately | hisshi ni | 必死に |
early, quickly | hayaku | 早く |
easily | kantan ni | 簡単に |
easily, readily, quickly, flatly (refuse) | assari | あっさり |
elsewhere, somewhere else | ta no basho | 他の場所 |
enough, sufficiently | jyuubun | 十分 |
entirely, wholly, all、everything | subete / zenbu | 全て / 全部 |
especially | tokuni | とくに |
eventually, finally, ultimately | kekkyoku | 結局 |
ever, by now | ima made ni | 今までに |
exactly | chōdo | 丁度 |
exceptionally | reigai teki ni | 例外的に |
extremely | sugoku | すごく |
extremely, exceptionally | hijō ni | 非常に |
extremely, very | totemo | とても |
fairly, significantly, quite | kanari | かなり |
finally, at last | yatto / toutou / tsuini | やっと / とうとう / ついに |
first of all | mazu dai ichi ni | まず第一に |
for a while | shibaraku | 暫く |
formerly | mukashi | 昔 |
formerly, previously | izen wa | 以前は |
fortnightly | nishuu ni ichido | 二週に一度 |
fortunately | koūnna koto ni | 幸運なことに |
frankly | socchoku ni | 率直に |
freely | jiyū ni | 自由に |
frequently | hinpan ni | 頻繁に |
frequently, often | shibashiba | しばしば |
gradually | jyojyo ni | 徐々に |
hard | hādo | ハード |
hard | hageshiku | 激しく |
hardly, seldom | hotondo … nai | ほとんど~ない |
here | koko | ここ |
home | uchi | 家 |
honestly | shōjiki ni | 正直に |
hourly | ichijikangoto ni | 一時間毎に |
immediately, right away | tadachini | 直ちに |
immediately, soon | sugu ni | すぐに |
in general | ippan ni | 一般に |
in the future | mirai ni | 未来に |
increasingly, more and more | masumasu | ますます |
just a little, a little, slightly, a bit | chotto, sukoshi | ちょっと / すこし |
just, precisely | choudo | ちょうど |
last | saigo ni | 最後に |
lately / recently | saikin | 最近 |
long | nagaidesu | 長いです |
loudly, aloud | ōgoe de | 大声で |
more | motto | もっと |
more and more / little by little | dandan | だんだん |
most | mottomo | もっとも |
mostly | ookata wa | 大方は |
mostly, nearly, almost, hardly | hotondo | ほとんど |
needlessly | muyami ni | むやみに |
never | kesshite | 決して |
next | tsugi no | 次の |
normally, usually | tsūjō wa | 通常は |
not … at all | zenzen | 全然* |
not very/ not much | amari / taishite | あまり / たいして |
not yet, still | mada | まだ |
now | ima | 今 |
nowhere | doko ni mo | どこにも |
obviously | akiraka ni | 明らかに |
occasionally | tamani | たまに |
often | yoku / shocchuu / tabitabi | よく / しょっちゅう / たびたび |
on purpose, deliberately | wazato | わざと |
one after another | tsugitsugi (ni) | 次々に |
only | nomi | のみ |
other day | senjitsu | 先日 |
otherwise | sa monaito | さもないと |
out | soto de | 外で |
over there | asoko | あそこ |
patiently | shinbōzuyoku | 辛抱強く |
perhaps, probably | tabun | たぶん / 多分 |
politely, nicely | teinei ni | 丁寧に |
precisely, naturally, obviously | tōzen | 当然 |
previously, before, earlier on | mae ni | 前に |
quietly | shizuka ni | 静かに |
quietly, freely, leisurely | nonbiri | のんびり |
quite | naka naka | なかなか |
quite/mostly | daibu | だいぶ |
randomly | mu sakui ni | 無作為に |
rarely | mare ni | まれに |
rather | mushiro | むしろ |
really | hontōni | 本当に |
really | jitsuni / hontoni | 実に / 本当に |
reasonably | sokosoko | そこそこ |
regularly, periodically, on a regular basis | teikiteki ni | 定期的に |
seldom, rarely | metta ni | めったに |
separately | betsubetsu ni | 別々に |
seriously | honkide | ほんきで |
silently | mokumokuto | もくもくと |
simply | tanni | 単に |
slowly | yukkuri | ゆっくり |
so so (not good,not bad) | maa maa | まあまあ |
sometimes | tokidoki | 時々 |
somewhere | doko ka ni | どこかに |
soon, shortly | mamonaku | まもなく |
soon | moosugu | もうすぐ |
strangely enough, strange to say, weirdly enough | kimyōna koto ni | 奇妙なことに |
strictly | genmitsu ni | 厳密に |
strongly | tsuyoku | 強く |
stupidly | oroka ni | 愚かに |
suddenly | totsuzen | 突然 |
surprisingly | igaito | 意外と |
then | sonotoki | そのとき |
then, later | sonogo | その後 |
there | soko | そこ |
today | kyou | 今日 |
together | issho ni | 一緒に |
tomorrow | ashita | 明日 |
tonight | kon ya | 今夜 |
unfortunately, sadly | zannennagara | 残念ながら |
usually/normally | futsuu / fudan | 普通(は) / 普段(は) |
very hard, with the greatest effort, with all your strength; desperately | isshokenmei | 一所懸命 |
weekly | shuu ichido | 週一度 |
well | jōzu | 上手 |
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