- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

(kanji info)
  1. 1. [adj-na, n] absurd; nonsensical; preposterous (yoji)

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) (koutoumukeina)
Non-past, plain (koutoumukeida)
Non-past, polite (koutoumukeidesu)
Past, plain (koutoumukeidatta)
Past, polite (koutoumukeideshita)
Negative, plain (koutoumukeijanai)
Negative, polite (koutoumukeijanaidesu)
Past negative, plain (koutoumukeijanakatta)
Past negative, polite (koutoumukeijanakattadesu)
Te-form (koutoumukeide)
Conditional (―nara) (koutoumukeinara)

Kanji in this word

Example Sentences

Every one of us who ridiculed his business plan as a bunch of hokum should be embarrassed we did.