- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

(kanji info)
  1. 1. [adj-no, adj-na, n] unfortunate; unhappy; ill-fated; hapless

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) (hakkouna)
Non-past, plain (hakkouda)
Non-past, polite (hakkoudesu)
Past, plain (hakkoudatta)
Past, polite (hakkoudeshita)
Negative, plain (hakkoujanai)
Negative, polite (hakkoujanaidesu)
Past negative, plain (hakkoujanakatta)
Past negative, polite (hakkoujanakattadesu)
Te-form (hakkoude)
Conditional (―nara) (hakkounara)

Kanji in this word

Example Sentences

No matter how you look at it you're a beautiful, ill-fated woman, the heroine of a tragedy.