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(kanji info)
  1. 1. [adj-na] negative; contradictory

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) (hiteitekina)
Non-past, plain (hiteitekida)
Non-past, polite (hiteitekidesu)
Past, plain (hiteitekidatta)
Past, polite (hiteitekideshita)
Negative, plain (hiteitekijanai)
Negative, polite (hiteitekijanaidesu)
Past negative, plain (hiteitekijanakatta)
Past negative, polite (hiteitekijanakattadesu)
Te-form (hiteitekide)
Conditional (―nara) (hiteitekinara)

Kanji in this word

Example Sentences

She has a negative attitude toward life.