- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

common (kanji info)
  1. 1. [adj-na, n] poor-looking; impoverished-looking
  2. 2. [adj-na, n] scrawny (e.g. figure); thin-looking; sparse (e.g. meal); meagre; meager; insubstantial

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) (hinsouna)
Non-past, plain (hinsouda)
Non-past, polite (hinsoudesu)
Past, plain (hinsoudatta)
Past, polite (hinsoudeshita)
Negative, plain (hinsoujanai)
Negative, polite (hinsoujanaidesu)
Past negative, plain (hinsoujanakatta)
Past negative, polite (hinsoujanakattadesu)
Te-form (hinsoude)
Conditional (―nara) (hinsounara)

Kanji in this word

Example Sentences

You must not despise a man because he is poorly dressed.