- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

(kanji info)
  1. 1. [adj-na, adj-no] plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward; unabashed; blatant; flagrant (uk)

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) (akarasamana)
Non-past, plain (akarasamada)
Non-past, polite (akarasamadesu)
Past, plain (akarasamadatta)
Past, polite (akarasamadeshita)
Negative, plain (akarasamajanai)
Negative, polite (akarasamajanaidesu)
Past negative, plain (akarasamajanakatta)
Past negative, polite (akarasamajanakattadesu)
Te-form (akarasamade)
Conditional (―nara) (akarasamanara)

Kanji in this word

Example Sentences

Frankly, I don't like him.