- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

common
  1. 1. [adv-to, adv] ticktock (on-mim)
  2. 2. [adv-to, adv] chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; clicking; clacking; clattering (on-mim)
  3. 3. [adj-no, adj-na] dry and hard; (frozen) stiff (on-mim)
  4. 4. [adj-no, adj-na] hidebound; die-hard; stubborn; obstinate; bigoted (on-mim)
  5. 5. [adj-no, adj-na] scared stiff; tense; nervous; frightened (on-mim)

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) (kachikachina)
Non-past, plain (kachikachida)
Non-past, polite (kachikachidesu)
Past, plain (kachikachidatta)
Past, polite (kachikachideshita)
Negative, plain (kachikachijanai)
Negative, polite (kachikachijanaidesu)
Past negative, plain (kachikachijanakatta)
Past negative, polite (kachikachijanakattadesu)
Te-form (kachikachide)
Conditional (―nara) (kachikachinara)

Example Sentences

The water in the basin has frozen solid.
He's just a diehard company man.