Illustration: At the entrance of a neighborhood bakery, a toddler wearing a small apron tries to copy the baker's courteous bow. The child bends so earnestly that the oversized apron nearly brushes the floor, while both hands carefully grip a tiny empty bread basket.

JLPT N3i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

かわいらしい

kawairashii

cute, lovely

Example sentences

兄あには私わたしにかわいらしい人形にんぎょうをくれました。
My brother gave me a cute doll.
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何なんとかわいらしい人形にんぎょうだ！
What a lovely doll!
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彼女かのじょはとてもかわいらしい。
She is as pretty as anything.
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