- 1. [adj-na, n] simplicity; honesty; naivete
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) | ぼくちょくな | (bokuchokuna) |
| Non-past, plain | ぼくちょくだ | (bokuchokuda) |
| Non-past, polite | ぼくちょくです | (bokuchokudesu) |
| Past, plain | ぼくちょくだった | (bokuchokudatta) |
| Past, polite | ぼくちょくでした | (bokuchokudeshita) |
| Negative, plain | ぼくちょくじゃない | (bokuchokujanai) |
| Negative, polite | ぼくちょくじゃないです | (bokuchokujanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | ぼくちょくじゃなかった | (bokuchokujanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | ぼくちょくじゃなかったです | (bokuchokujanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | ぼくちょくで | (bokuchokude) |
| Conditional (―nara) | ぼくちょくなら | (bokuchokunara) |