- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

common (kanji info)
  1. 1. [adj-na, n] simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated

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) (sobokuna)
Non-past, plain (sobokuda)
Non-past, polite (sobokudesu)
Past, plain (sobokudatta)
Past, polite (sobokudeshita)
Negative, plain (sobokujanai)
Negative, polite (sobokujanaidesu)
Past negative, plain (sobokujanakatta)
Past negative, polite (sobokujanakattadesu)
Te-form (sobokude)
Conditional (―nara) (sobokunara)

Kanji in this word

Example Sentences

This may be a silly question, but which is stronger - a tiger or a lion?