Australia and the World Past and Present

Here is a list of obscure Japanese adjectives. They are words from the highest level of the Japan Kanji Aptitude Test (日本漢字能力検定, Nihon Kanji Nōryoku Kentei) – level 1. It is by no means an exhaustive list.

1. 儚い – hakanai – short-lived, fleeting
2. 儼しい – ikameshii – stern
3. 僄い – subayai – nimble
4. 叨 – midarini – ravenously
5. 夐 – haruka – far
6. 夥しい – obitadashii – abundant
7. 婀やか – taoyaka – graceful
8. 嫺 やか- miyabiyaka – elegant
9. 嬌しい – namamekashii
10. 忝い – katajikenai – thankful
11. 欒か – madoka – round
12. 歉ない – akitarinai – unsatisfying
13. 凄まじい – susamajii – terrible
14. 狡い – zurui – sly, cunning
15. 狡い – kosui – sly, cunning
16. 疚しい – yamashii – feel guilty
17. 眩い – mabayui – dazzling
18. 眩しい – mabushii – dazzling
19. 佻い- karui – frivolity
20. 凊しい – suzushii
21. 勁い – tsuyoi – strong
22. 匆しい – isogashii – busy
23. 嫖い – karui – hedonistic
24. 寞しい – sabishii – lonely
25. 峻しい – kewashii – steep
26. 憖い – namajii – thoughtlessly, half-heartedly
27. 懈い – darui – sluggish, languid, heavy (heart, legs, etc.), dull
28. 懶い – monogusai – troublesome, bothersome, burdensome
29. 扁たい – hiratai – level
30. 執拗い – shitsukoi – insistent, obstinate, persistent, tenacious
31. 皓い – shiroi – white
32. 曼い – nagai – wide, beautiful
33. 仯さい – chiisai – small
34. 淒い- sugoi – bitter cold, miserable, dreary
35. 淒い – samui – cold
36. 溽い – mushiatsui – humid
37. 澹い – awai – calm, quiet, bland, rocking, rippling, suffice
38. 烟い – kemui – smoky
39. 狡い – warugashikoi – sly, cunning
40. 矮い – hikui – low, short