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(kanji info)
  1. 1. [adj-na] earnest; single-minded (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) (hitamukina)
Non-past, plain (hitamukida)
Non-past, polite (hitamukidesu)
Past, plain (hitamukidatta)
Past, polite (hitamukideshita)
Negative, plain (hitamukijanai)
Negative, polite (hitamukijanaidesu)
Past negative, plain (hitamukijanakatta)
Past negative, polite (hitamukijanakattadesu)
Te-form (hitamukide)
Conditional (―nara) (hitamukinara)

Kanji in this word

Example Sentences

The single-minded way he gets on with his life is truly admirable.