- 1. [adj-na, n] youth
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) | しょうそうな | (shousouna) |
| Non-past, plain | しょうそうだ | (shousouda) |
| Non-past, polite | しょうそうです | (shousoudesu) |
| Past, plain | しょうそうだった | (shousoudatta) |
| Past, polite | しょうそうでした | (shousoudeshita) |
| Negative, plain | しょうそうじゃない | (shousoujanai) |
| Negative, polite | しょうそうじゃないです | (shousoujanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | しょうそうじゃなかった | (shousoujanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | しょうそうじゃなかったです | (shousoujanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | しょうそうで | (shousoude) |
| Conditional (―nara) | しょうそうなら | (shousounara) |