- 1. [n, adj-na, adj-no] defect; deficiency; imperfection; inadequacy; lack
- 2. [exp] Yours in haste — valediction of a letter
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) | ふびな | (fubina) |
| Non-past, plain | ふびだ | (fubida) |
| Non-past, polite | ふびです | (fubidesu) |
| Past, plain | ふびだった | (fubidatta) |
| Past, polite | ふびでした | (fubideshita) |
| Negative, plain | ふびじゃない | (fubijanai) |
| Negative, polite | ふびじゃないです | (fubijanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | ふびじゃなかった | (fubijanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | ふびじゃなかったです | (fubijanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | ふびで | (fubide) |
| Conditional (―nara) | ふびなら | (fubinara) |