- 1. [adj-na, n] small scale
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) | しょうきぼな | (shoukibona) |
| Non-past, plain | しょうきぼだ | (shoukiboda) |
| Non-past, polite | しょうきぼです | (shoukibodesu) |
| Past, plain | しょうきぼだった | (shoukibodatta) |
| Past, polite | しょうきぼでした | (shoukibodeshita) |
| Negative, plain | しょうきぼじゃない | (shoukibojanai) |
| Negative, polite | しょうきぼじゃないです | (shoukibojanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | しょうきぼじゃなかった | (shoukibojanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | しょうきぼじゃなかったです | (shoukibojanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | しょうきぼで | (shoukibode) |
| Conditional (―nara) | しょうきぼなら | (shoukibonara) |