- 1. [adj-na] strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy
- 2. [adj-na] unexpected
- 3. [n] change
- 4. [n] incident; disturbance; disaster; accident; emergency
- 5. [n-pref] {music} flat
Conjugation — Adjective (―na)
This word itself does not change -- these are forms of the copula だ ("to be") attached to it.
| Attributive (before a noun) | へんな | (henna) |
| Non-past, plain | へんだ | (henda) |
| Non-past, polite | へんです | (hendesu) |
| Past, plain | へんだった | (hendatta) |
| Past, polite | へんでした | (hendeshita) |
| Negative, plain | へんじゃない | (henjanai) |
| Negative, polite | へんじゃないです | (henjanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | へんじゃなかった | (henjanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | へんじゃなかったです | (henjanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | へんで | (hende) |
| Conditional (―nara) | へんなら | (hennara) |
Kanji in this word
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変
unusual, change, strangeOn: ヘン (hen)Kun: か.わる (ka.waru)、 か.わり (ka.wari)、 か.える (ka.eru)
Example Sentences
そのオレンジは後味が変だった。
The orange left a strange taste in my mouth.