- 1. [adj-na, adj-no] inevitable; unavoidable; certain
- 2. [n] {shogi} brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
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) | ひっしな | (hisshina) |
| Non-past, plain | ひっしだ | (hisshida) |
| Non-past, polite | ひっしです | (hisshidesu) |
| Past, plain | ひっしだった | (hisshidatta) |
| Past, polite | ひっしでした | (hisshideshita) |
| Negative, plain | ひっしじゃない | (hisshijanai) |
| Negative, polite | ひっしじゃないです | (hisshijanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | ひっしじゃなかった | (hisshijanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | ひっしじゃなかったです | (hisshijanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | ひっしで | (hisshide) |
| Conditional (―nara) | ひっしなら | (hisshinara) |