- 1. [n, adj-na] desperation; despair; self-abandonment (uk)
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) | やけな | (yakena) |
| Non-past, plain | やけだ | (yakeda) |
| Non-past, polite | やけです | (yakedesu) |
| Past, plain | やけだった | (yakedatta) |
| Past, polite | やけでした | (yakedeshita) |
| Negative, plain | やけじゃない | (yakejanai) |
| Negative, polite | やけじゃないです | (yakejanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | やけじゃなかった | (yakejanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | やけじゃなかったです | (yakejanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | やけで | (yakede) |
| Conditional (―nara) | やけなら | (yakenara) |