- 1. [adj-na, n] mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly; base
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) | ひれつな | (hiretsuna) |
| Non-past, plain | ひれつだ | (hiretsuda) |
| Non-past, polite | ひれつです | (hiretsudesu) |
| Past, plain | ひれつだった | (hiretsudatta) |
| Past, polite | ひれつでした | (hiretsudeshita) |
| Negative, plain | ひれつじゃない | (hiretsujanai) |
| Negative, polite | ひれつじゃないです | (hiretsujanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | ひれつじゃなかった | (hiretsujanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | ひれつじゃなかったです | (hiretsujanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | ひれつで | (hiretsude) |
| Conditional (―nara) | ひれつなら | (hiretsunara) |