- 1. [adj-na, n] untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
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) | かもくな | (kamokuna) |
| Non-past, plain | かもくだ | (kamokuda) |
| Non-past, polite | かもくです | (kamokudesu) |
| Past, plain | かもくだった | (kamokudatta) |
| Past, polite | かもくでした | (kamokudeshita) |
| Negative, plain | かもくじゃない | (kamokujanai) |
| Negative, polite | かもくじゃないです | (kamokujanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | かもくじゃなかった | (kamokujanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | かもくじゃなかったです | (kamokujanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | かもくで | (kamokude) |
| Conditional (―nara) | かもくなら | (kamokunara) |