- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

(kanji info)
  1. 1. [n, adj-na] superficial knowledge; smattering (of)
  2. 2. [n] person with superficial knowledge; person who pretends to be knowledgeable; smatterer; dilettante; sciolist

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) (hankatsuuna)
Non-past, plain (hankatsuuda)
Non-past, polite (hankatsuudesu)
Past, plain (hankatsuudatta)
Past, polite (hankatsuudeshita)
Negative, plain (hankatsuujanai)
Negative, polite (hankatsuujanaidesu)
Past negative, plain (hankatsuujanakatta)
Past negative, polite (hankatsuujanakattadesu)
Te-form (hankatsuude)
Conditional (―nara) (hankatsuunara)

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