- 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 | (kin'yokutekina) |
| Non-past, plain | きんよくてきだ | (kin'yokutekida) |
| Non-past, polite | きんよくてきです | (kin'yokutekidesu) |
| Past, plain | きんよくてきだった | (kin'yokutekidatta) |
| Past, polite | きんよくてきでした | (kin'yokutekideshita) |
| Negative, plain | きんよくてきじゃない | (kin'yokutekijanai) |
| Negative, polite | きんよくてきじゃないです | (kin'yokutekijanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | きんよくてきじゃなかった | (kin'yokutekijanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | きんよくてきじゃなかったです | (kin'yokutekijanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | きんよくてきで | (kin'yokutekide) |
| Conditional (―nara) | きんよくてきなら | (kin'yokutekinara) |