い-adjective
安っぽいやすっぽい
yasuppoi安っぽい (やすっぽい, yasuppoi) — cheap-looking — is an い-adjective: 安っぽかった (past), 安っぽくない (negative), 安っぽくて (te-form), 安っぽいです (polite).
It also means tawdry; insignificant.
How 安っぽい conjugates · い-adjective
Drop the final い, then add the ending.
Every form is built on the stem 安っぽ. The one that isn't: the polite present, which is the whole word plus です.
安っぽい
dropsstem + ending
安っぽかった安っぽかったpast · It was cheap-looking.
安っぽくない安っぽくないnegative · It isn't cheap-looking.
安っぽくて安っぽくてte-form · It's cheap-looking and …
安っぽければ安っぽければif
安っぽいです安っぽいですpolite presentkeeps the い
Every い-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
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 安っぽい やすっぽい yasuppoi | |
| past N5 It was cheap-looking. | 安っぽかった やすっぽかった yasuppokatta | |
| negative N5 It isn't cheap-looking. | 安っぽくない やすっぽくない yasuppokunai | |
| te-form N5 It's cheap-looking and … | 安っぽくて やすっぽくて yasuppokute | |
| past negative N4 It wasn't cheap-looking. | 安っぽくなかった やすっぽくなかった yasuppokunakatta | |
| cond. ば N3 | 安っぽければ やすっぽければ yasuppokereba | |
| cond. たら N3 If it's cheap-looking, ... | 安っぽかったら やすっぽかったら yasuppokattara |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 安っぽいです やすっぽいです yasuppoidesu | |
| past N5 It was cheap-looking. | 安っぽかったです やすっぽかったです yasuppokattadesu | |
| negative N5 It isn't cheap-looking. | 安っぽくないです やすっぽくないです yasuppokunaidesu | |
| past negative N4 It wasn't cheap-looking. | 安っぽくなかったです やすっぽくなかったです yasuppokunakattadesu |