- 1. [adj-na, adj-no, n] young and energetic; up-and-coming; new and excellent; newly produced; up-and-comer
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) | しんえいな | (shin'eina) |
| Non-past, plain | しんえいだ | (shin'eida) |
| Non-past, polite | しんえいです | (shin'eidesu) |
| Past, plain | しんえいだった | (shin'eidatta) |
| Past, polite | しんえいでした | (shin'eideshita) |
| Negative, plain | しんえいじゃない | (shin'eijanai) |
| Negative, polite | しんえいじゃないです | (shin'eijanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | しんえいじゃなかった | (shin'eijanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | しんえいじゃなかったです | (shin'eijanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | しんえいで | (shin'eide) |
| Conditional (―nara) | しんえいなら | (shin'einara) |