- 1. [adj-na] self-effacing; selfless
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) | ぼつがてきな | (botsugatekina) |
| Non-past, plain | ぼつがてきだ | (botsugatekida) |
| Non-past, polite | ぼつがてきです | (botsugatekidesu) |
| Past, plain | ぼつがてきだった | (botsugatekidatta) |
| Past, polite | ぼつがてきでした | (botsugatekideshita) |
| Negative, plain | ぼつがてきじゃない | (botsugatekijanai) |
| Negative, polite | ぼつがてきじゃないです | (botsugatekijanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | ぼつがてきじゃなかった | (botsugatekijanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | ぼつがてきじゃなかったです | (botsugatekijanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | ぼつがてきで | (botsugatekide) |
| Conditional (―nara) | ぼつがてきなら | (botsugatekinara) |