- 1. [adj-no, adj-na, n] low class; lowly (position); humble (condition)
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) | ひせんな | (hisenna) |
| Non-past, plain | ひせんだ | (hisenda) |
| Non-past, polite | ひせんです | (hisendesu) |
| Past, plain | ひせんだった | (hisendatta) |
| Past, polite | ひせんでした | (hisendeshita) |
| Negative, plain | ひせんじゃない | (hisenjanai) |
| Negative, polite | ひせんじゃないです | (hisenjanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | ひせんじゃなかった | (hisenjanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | ひせんじゃなかったです | (hisenjanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | ひせんで | (hisende) |
| Conditional (―nara) | ひせんなら | (hisennara) |