- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

common
  1. 1. [adj-na] grotesque; bizarre; weird; strange
  2. 2. [n] {art} grotesque (style)

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) (gurotesukuna)
Non-past, plain (gurotesukuda)
Non-past, polite (gurotesukudesu)
Past, plain (gurotesukudatta)
Past, polite (gurotesukudeshita)
Negative, plain (gurotesukujanai)
Negative, polite (gurotesukujanaidesu)
Past negative, plain (gurotesukujanakatta)
Past negative, polite (gurotesukujanakattadesu)
Te-form (gurotesukude)
Conditional (―nara) (gurotesukunara)

Example Sentences

They made huge, grotesque, yet beautiful poles of red cedar.