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慌ただしい (awatadashii) Japanese meaning: busy | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 慌ただしい · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 慌あわ ただしい 慌あわ ただしくない Polite 慌あわ ただしいです 慌あわ ただしくないです also 慌あわ ただしくありません Past polite 慌あわ ただしかったです 慌あわ ただしくなかったです also 慌あわ ただしくありませんでした Past 慌あわ ただしかった 慌あわ ただしくなかった Te-form 慌あわ ただしくて 慌あわ ただしくなくて Adverbial 慌あわ ただしく Conditional 慌あわ ただしければ 慌あわ ただしくなければ Tara conditional 慌あわ ただしかったら 慌あわ ただしくなかったら
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ねん
末まつ
は
いつも
慌あわ
ただしい
。
The end of the year is always hectic.
The phone rang during the rushed morning hours.
Usage patterns 慌あわ ただしい 〈 時とき 〉 a hectic/busy period of time
The end of the year is a hectic time.
慌あわ ただしく 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something in a hurried, flustered way
He hastily packed his things and left.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 が 慌あわ ただしい a place is bustling and hectic
The station is always hectic in the morning.
Kanji 慌 disconcerted, be confused, lose one's head 遽 fear, agitation, confusion Related words 忙しい simply means 'busy' with many tasks, while 慌ただしい adds a sense of fluster and lack of calm on top of the busyness.
せわしい and 慌ただしい both describe a restless, hurried state, but せわしい focuses more on constant fidgety activity while 慌ただしい emphasizes the flustered rush of a situation.
せわしない is a near-synonym of 慌ただしい, describing restless bustle, though it leans slightly more toward describing a person's fidgety manner than a busy schedule.
Opposites 静か describes a calm, quiet state, the opposite of the rushed, flustered atmosphere expressed by 慌ただしい.
のどか describes a peaceful, leisurely mood, contrasting with the hurried, unsettled feel of 慌ただしい.
慌ただしい describes a hectic, busy state, the opposite of the steady calm expressed by 落ち着いた.
Written forms 慌あわ ただしい Usage 30%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
あわただしい Usage 51%
慌あわただ しい Usage 19%
Less common variant without the た; still encountered.
遽あわただ しい Usage <1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
Etymology Derived from the verb 慌てる (あわてる, 'to panic, be flustered') with the adjectival suffix しい. The kanji 慌 carries a sense of confusion and hurry.
