- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

common (kanji info)
  1. 1. [adj-na, n] regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable

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) (ikanna)
Non-past, plain (ikanda)
Non-past, polite (ikandesu)
Past, plain (ikandatta)
Past, polite (ikandeshita)
Negative, plain (ikanjanai)
Negative, polite (ikanjanaidesu)
Past negative, plain (ikanjanakatta)
Past negative, polite (ikanjanakattadesu)
Te-form (ikande)
Conditional (―nara) (ikannara)

Kanji in this word

Example Sentences

That, while regrettable, is true.