- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

common (kanji info)
  1. 1. [adj-na, n] impossible; incapable (of doing); unable (to do)
  2. 2. [n] incompetence; inability
  3. 3. [n] impotence
  4. 4. [n] {math} having no solution (of an equation)

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) (funouna)
Non-past, plain (funouda)
Non-past, polite (funoudesu)
Past, plain (funoudatta)
Past, polite (funoudeshita)
Negative, plain (funoujanai)
Negative, polite (funoujanaidesu)
Past negative, plain (funoujanakatta)
Past negative, polite (funoujanakattadesu)
Te-form (funoude)
Conditional (―nara) (funounara)

Kanji in this word

Example Sentences

Perhaps having realized it was impossible to persuade her, Ms. Kurosaki sighed and sat down in her seat.
I've become impotent.