- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

common (kanji info)
  1. 1. [adj-na, n] thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; sparse (population); rarefied
  2. 2. [adj-na, n] lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient; tenuous (link)

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) (kihakuna)
Non-past, plain (kihakuda)
Non-past, polite (kihakudesu)
Past, plain (kihakudatta)
Past, polite (kihakudeshita)
Negative, plain (kihakujanai)
Negative, polite (kihakujanaidesu)
Past negative, plain (kihakujanakatta)
Past negative, polite (kihakujanakattadesu)
Te-form (kihakude)
Conditional (―nara) (kihakunara)

Kanji in this word

Example Sentences

As you go up higher, the air becomes thinner.