- 1. [adj-na, adj-t, adv-to] biting (cold); severe; intense; piercing (form)
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) | りんれつな | (rinretsuna) |
| Non-past, plain | りんれつだ | (rinretsuda) |
| Non-past, polite | りんれつです | (rinretsudesu) |
| Past, plain | りんれつだった | (rinretsudatta) |
| Past, polite | りんれつでした | (rinretsudeshita) |
| Negative, plain | りんれつじゃない | (rinretsujanai) |
| Negative, polite | りんれつじゃないです | (rinretsujanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | りんれつじゃなかった | (rinretsujanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | りんれつじゃなかったです | (rinretsujanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | りんれつで | (rinretsude) |
| Conditional (―nara) | りんれつなら | (rinretsunara) |