- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

(kanji info)
  1. 1. [adj-no, adj-na, n] ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill — usu. with neg. sentence

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) (namitaiteina)
Non-past, plain (namitaiteida)
Non-past, polite (namitaiteidesu)
Past, plain (namitaiteidatta)
Past, polite (namitaiteideshita)
Negative, plain (namitaiteijanai)
Negative, polite (namitaiteijanaidesu)
Past negative, plain (namitaiteijanakatta)
Past negative, polite (namitaiteijanakattadesu)
Te-form (namitaiteide)
Conditional (―nara) (namitaiteinara)

Kanji in this word

Example Sentences

In hard times like this, no ordinary effort can get our company out of the red.