- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

common
  1. 1. [n] {food} chicken
  2. 2. [n, adj-na] coward; scaredy-cat; chicken; wuss

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) (chikinna)
Non-past, plain (chikinda)
Non-past, polite (chikindesu)
Past, plain (chikindatta)
Past, polite (chikindeshita)
Negative, plain (chikinjanai)
Negative, polite (chikinjanaidesu)
Past negative, plain (chikinjanakatta)
Past negative, polite (chikinjanakattadesu)
Te-form (chikinde)
Conditional (―nara) (chikinnara)

Example Sentences

Well then, I'll have chicken.