I am having trouble finding an Adjective equivalent to 'popular' in Japanese. All the translations… - Feed Post by kakka_rot
I am having trouble finding an Adjective equivalent to 'popular' in Japanese. All the translations that come up appear to be nouns. The closest adjective I can find is ゆうめい。 Any of the smart kids have anything that comes to mind?
posted by kakka_rot
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有名 (ゆうめい) is famous but i guess 人気 (にんき) which does mean popular but is normally applied to a person or thing.- and 人気 and 有名 are な adjectives.
Oh, are they now? い adjectives are always shown with い, but even on their site the な is usually left out. I can understand why, but it gets a bit annoying.
Anyway, thanks for that.
To say someone or something is popular is 人気がある.
the word for popular in Japanese is 人気（にんき）so to say 'popular person' is 人気な人
If you have troubles figuring out wether a Word is a noun or a な-adjective, you should consider giving Rikai-chan a try. It's an add-on for Firefox (the Chrome equalent is called Rikai-kun, I Think) which allows you to hover over kanji and words to see their Reading, meaning and properties. If the Word is a な-adjective, I Think it says something to that effect.
Oh, and thanks for the new Word!
人気... 人気... 人気...- Thanks wako. I have Rikaichan and s/he is my best friend!
