- 1. [adj-na, adj-no, n] remote; outlying
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) | へきえんな | (hekienna) |
| Non-past, plain | へきえんだ | (hekienda) |
| Non-past, polite | へきえんです | (hekiendesu) |
| Past, plain | へきえんだった | (hekiendatta) |
| Past, polite | へきえんでした | (hekiendeshita) |
| Negative, plain | へきえんじゃない | (hekienjanai) |
| Negative, polite | へきえんじゃないです | (hekienjanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | へきえんじゃなかった | (hekienjanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | へきえんじゃなかったです | (hekienjanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | へきえんで | (hekiende) |
| Conditional (―nara) | へきえんなら | (hekiennara) |