- 1. [adj-na] abstemious; austere
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) | きんよくてきな | (kinyokutekina) |
| Non-past, plain | きんよくてきだ | (kinyokutekida) |
| Non-past, polite | きんよくてきです | (kinyokutekidesu) |
| Past, plain | きんよくてきだった | (kinyokutekidatta) |
| Past, polite | きんよくてきでした | (kinyokutekideshita) |
| Negative, plain | きんよくてきじゃない | (kinyokutekijanai) |
| Negative, polite | きんよくてきじゃないです | (kinyokutekijanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | きんよくてきじゃなかった | (kinyokutekijanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | きんよくてきじゃなかったです | (kinyokutekijanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | きんよくてきで | (kinyokutekide) |
| Conditional (―nara) | きんよくてきなら | (kinyokutekinara) |