- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

(kanji info)
  1. 1. [n, adj-no, adj-na] desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity (yoji)

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) (zettaizetsumeina)
Non-past, plain (zettaizetsumeida)
Non-past, polite (zettaizetsumeidesu)
Past, plain (zettaizetsumeidatta)
Past, polite (zettaizetsumeideshita)
Negative, plain (zettaizetsumeijanai)
Negative, polite (zettaizetsumeijanaidesu)
Past negative, plain (zettaizetsumeijanakatta)
Past negative, polite (zettaizetsumeijanakattadesu)
Te-form (zettaizetsumeide)
Conditional (―nara) (zettaizetsumeinara)

Kanji in this word

Example Sentences

We were driven to the wall.