- 1. [adj-na, n] stale; hackneyed; clichéd
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) | ちんぷな | (chinpuna) |
| Non-past, plain | ちんぷだ | (chinpuda) |
| Non-past, polite | ちんぷです | (chinpudesu) |
| Past, plain | ちんぷだった | (chinpudatta) |
| Past, polite | ちんぷでした | (chinpudeshita) |
| Negative, plain | ちんぷじゃない | (chinpujanai) |
| Negative, polite | ちんぷじゃないです | (chinpujanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | ちんぷじゃなかった | (chinpujanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | ちんぷじゃなかったです | (chinpujanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | ちんぷで | (chinpude) |
| Conditional (―nara) | ちんぷなら | (chinpunara) |