- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

common
  1. 1. [adj-na, n] minor; small; unimportant; obscure
  2. 2. [n] {music} minor (key, scale, etc.)
  3. 3. [n] the minor leagues (US baseball) (abbr)

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) (mainaana)
Non-past, plain (mainaada)
Non-past, polite (mainaadesu)
Past, plain (mainaadatta)
Past, polite (mainaadeshita)
Negative, plain (mainaajanai)
Negative, polite (mainaajanaidesu)
Past negative, plain (mainaajanakatta)
Past negative, polite (mainaajanakattadesu)
Te-form (mainaade)
Conditional (―nara) (mainaanara)

Example Sentences

It's still minor league but in the not so distant future they'll be coming to a place near you.