minna-no-nihongo-adjectives

A collection of adjectives which appear in the Minna no Nihongo (みんなの日本語) second edition textbook, provided in JSON format.

This is provided as a resource to students creating study tools while using the textbook.

installation

npm install minna-no-nihongo-adjectives

Usage

import adjectives from 'minna-no-nihongo-adjectives'

const chapterTwelveAdjectives = adjectives.filter(a => a.chapter === 12)

/**
 *
 [
   {
    "id": "wFzvtufLk",
    "adjective_type": 0,
    "hiragana": "かんたん",
    "english": "easy; simple",
    "kanji": "簡単",
    "chapter": 12,
    "past": "かんたかった",
    "negative": "かんたくない",
    "past_negative": "かんたくなかった"
  },
  ...
 ]
 */

Each adjective item is provided in following format:

const enum AdjectiveType {
  I, // 0
  NA // 1
}

export interface Adjective {
  id: string
  adjective_type: AdjectiveType // See above, either 0 (い) or 1 (な)
  hiragana: string
  english: string
  kanji: string
  chapter: number,
  past: string,
  negative: string
  past_negative: string
}

Id's are generated using shortId. In cases where kanji does not exist or could not be determined (eg. いい) the hirigana is substituted.

The past tense for な adjectives is the plain hiragana value.

Issues

Please report any missing or incorrect entries via gitlab.

Changelog

0.1.0 Add tenses and negatives for each item

0.0.5 Move to gitlab, update documentation, insert missing kanji

0.0.4 Corrections

0.0.3 Added missing items from later chapters

0.0.2 Documentation

0.0.1 Initial publication