- 1. [adj-na, n] confused; inconsistent; incoherent; patchy
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) | ざっぱくな | (zappakuna) |
| Non-past, plain | ざっぱくだ | (zappakuda) |
| Non-past, polite | ざっぱくです | (zappakudesu) |
| Past, plain | ざっぱくだった | (zappakudatta) |
| Past, polite | ざっぱくでした | (zappakudeshita) |
| Negative, plain | ざっぱくじゃない | (zappakujanai) |
| Negative, polite | ざっぱくじゃないです | (zappakujanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | ざっぱくじゃなかった | (zappakujanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | ざっぱくじゃなかったです | (zappakujanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | ざっぱくで | (zappakude) |
| Conditional (―nara) | ざっぱくなら | (zappakunara) |