- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

common (kanji info)
  1. 1. [adv, adj-no] originally; from the start; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature (uk)
  2. 2. [adj-na, n] none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before) — usu. as 〜て(も)もともと, 〜でもともと, etc. (uk)

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) (motomotona)
Non-past, plain (motomotoda)
Non-past, polite (motomotodesu)
Past, plain (motomotodatta)
Past, polite (motomotodeshita)
Negative, plain (motomotojanai)
Negative, polite (motomotojanaidesu)
Past negative, plain (motomotojanakatta)
Past negative, polite (motomotojanakattadesu)
Te-form (motomotode)
Conditional (―nara) (motomotonara)

Kanji in this word

Example Sentences

They destroyed the native civilization.