Katsuyo

い-adjective

卑しいいやしい

iyashii

lowborn · N1

卑しい (いやしい, iyashii) — lowborn — is an -adjective: 卑しかった (past), 卑しくない (negative), 卑しくて (te-form), 卑しいです (polite).

It also means humble; lowly.

How 卑しい conjugates · -adjective

Drop the final , then add the ending.

Every form is built on the stem 卑し. The one that isn't: the polite present, which is the whole word plus です.

卑し dropsstem + ending
卑しかった卑しかったpast · It was lowly. 卑しくない卑しくないnegative · It isn't lowly. 卑しくて卑しくてte-form · It's lowly and … 卑しければ卑しければif · If it's lowly, ... 卑しいです卑しいですpolite presentkeeps the い

Every -adjective works this way. The one exception is いい, which conjugates from its older form よい.

N5 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.

Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.

PLAIN

FormConjugationAudio
present N5 卑しい いやしい iyashii
past N5 It was lowly. 卑しかった いやしかった iyashikatta
negative N5 It isn't lowly. 卑しくない いやしくない iyashikunai
te-form N5 It's lowly and … 卑しくて いやしくて iyashikute
past negative N4 卑しくなかった いやしくなかった iyashikunakatta
cond. ば N3 If it's lowly, ... 卑しければ いやしければ iyashikereba
cond. たら N3 卑しかったら いやしかったら iyashikattara

POLITE

FormConjugationAudio
present N5 卑しいです いやしいです iyashiidesu
past N5 It was lowly. 卑しかったです いやしかったです iyashikattadesu
negative N5 It isn't lowly. 卑しくないです いやしくないです iyashikunaidesu
past negative N4 卑しくなかったです いやしくなかったです iyashikunakattadesu