- 1. [adj-na, n] honest; respectable; decent
- 2. [n, adj-no] respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.)
- 3. [n] person in a respectable occupation
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) | かたぎな | (katagina) |
| Non-past, plain | かたぎだ | (katagida) |
| Non-past, polite | かたぎです | (katagidesu) |
| Past, plain | かたぎだった | (katagidatta) |
| Past, polite | かたぎでした | (katagideshita) |
| Negative, plain | かたぎじゃない | (katagijanai) |
| Negative, polite | かたぎじゃないです | (katagijanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | かたぎじゃなかった | (katagijanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | かたぎじゃなかったです | (katagijanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | かたぎで | (katagide) |
| Conditional (―nara) | かたぎなら | (kataginara) |