- 1. [n] surface; outward appearance
- 2. [adj-na, adj-no, n] superficial; shallow
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) | ひそうな | (hisouna) |
| Non-past, plain | ひそうだ | (hisouda) |
| Non-past, polite | ひそうです | (hisoudesu) |
| Past, plain | ひそうだった | (hisoudatta) |
| Past, polite | ひそうでした | (hisoudeshita) |
| Negative, plain | ひそうじゃない | (hisoujanai) |
| Negative, polite | ひそうじゃないです | (hisoujanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | ひそうじゃなかった | (hisoujanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | ひそうじゃなかったです | (hisoujanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | ひそうで | (hisoude) |
| Conditional (―nara) | ひそうなら | (hisounara) |