- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

common
  1. 1. [n, adj-na] nonsense
  2. 2. [adj-na, n] (having) terrible taste; unstylish (joc)

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) (nansensuna)
Non-past, plain (nansensuda)
Non-past, polite (nansensudesu)
Past, plain (nansensudatta)
Past, polite (nansensudeshita)
Negative, plain (nansensujanai)
Negative, polite (nansensujanaidesu)
Past negative, plain (nansensujanakatta)
Past negative, polite (nansensujanakattadesu)
Te-form (nansensude)
Conditional (―nara) (nansensunara)

Example Sentences

It was a delightful bit of nonsense.