- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

common (kanji info)
  1. 1. [n, adj-no, adj-na] truth; reality; actuality; fact
  2. 2. [adj-no, adj-na] proper; right; correct; official
  3. 3. [adj-no, adj-na] genuine; authentic; real; natural; veritable

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) (hontouna)
Non-past, plain (hontouda)
Non-past, polite (hontoudesu)
Past, plain (hontoudatta)
Past, polite (hontoudeshita)
Negative, plain (hontoujanai)
Negative, polite (hontoujanaidesu)
Past negative, plain (hontoujanakatta)
Past negative, polite (hontoujanakattadesu)
Te-form (hontoude)
Conditional (―nara) (hontounara)

Kanji in this word

Example Sentences

The bad news is unfortunately true.