デリケート - derikēto

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Example Sentences

大統領だいとうりょうはそのデリケートな質問しつもんに答こたえる事ことをやんわりと拒否きょひした。

daitōryōwa sono derikētona shitsumonni kotaeru kotō yanwarito kyohi shita.

The president politely declined to answer the delicate question.

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19 Variants Available

Essential 7 items

デリケートじゃない

derikētojanai

The negative form

1. Not delicate; Not sensitive

★ Common

Adjective

#455668

デリケートじゃなかった

derikētojanakatta

The past negative form

1. Wasn't delicate.; Wasn't sensitive.

★ Common

Adjective

#1226826

デリケートだ

derikētoda

The plain form used to end a sentence

1. Delicate.; Sensitive.

★ Common

Adjective

#163072

デリケートだった

derikētodatta

The past form

1. Was delicate; Was sensitive

★ Common

Adjective

#479419

デリケートで

derikētode

て-form: Used to connect clauses, make requests, or chain actions

1. Delicate; Sensitive

★ Common

Adjective

#100254

デリケートな

derikētona

Attributive form: modifies a following noun

1. Delicate; Sensitive

★ Common

Adjective

#30568

デリケートに

derikētoni

Adverbial form: modifies a verb/adjective

1. Delicately; Sensitively

★ Common

Adjective

#119835

Common 8 items

デリケートじゃありません

derikētojārimasen

The polite negative form

1. Not delicate.; Not sensitive.

★ Common

Adjective

#1000567

デリケートじゃありませんでした

derikētojārimasendeshita

The polite, past negative form

1. Was not delicate.; Was not sensitive.

★ Common

Adjective

#1226826

デリケートじゃないです

derikētojanaidesu

The polite negative form

1. It's not delicate.; It's not sensitive.

★ Common

Adjective

#930896

デリケートじゃなかったです

derikētojanakattadesu

The polite, past negative form

1. Wasn't delicate.; Wasn't sensitive.

★ Common

Adjective

#1226826

デリケートでした

derikētodeshita

The polite past form

1. Was delicate.; Was sensitive.

★ Common

Adjective

#746662

デリケートです

derikētodesu

The polite form

1. Delicate; Sensitive

★ Common

Adjective

#184895

デリケートではありません

derikētodewārimasen

The polite negative form

1. Not delicate.; Not sensitive.

★ Common

Adjective

#823368

デリケートではありませんでした

derikētodewārimasendeshita

The polite, past negative form

1. Was not delicate.; Was not sensitive.

★ Common

Adjective

#1226826

Advanced 4 items

デリケートだったら

derikētodattara

The "-tara" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If delicate; If sensitive

★ Common

Adjective

#799732

デリケートだろう

derikētodarō

Expresses probability ("probably…")

1. Probably delicate.; Probably sensitive.

★ Common

Adjective

#1000567

デリケートであれば

derikētodeareba

The "-eba" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If delicate; If sensitive

★ Common

Adjective

#823368

デリケートなら

derikētonara

The "-nara" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If delicate; If sensitive

★ Common

Adjective

#514652

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