- 1. [adj-na, n] severe; harsh; rigorous; trenchant; scathing; sharp; incisive; cutting
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) | しゅんれつな | (shunretsuna) |
| Non-past, plain | しゅんれつだ | (shunretsuda) |
| Non-past, polite | しゅんれつです | (shunretsudesu) |
| Past, plain | しゅんれつだった | (shunretsudatta) |
| Past, polite | しゅんれつでした | (shunretsudeshita) |
| Negative, plain | しゅんれつじゃない | (shunretsujanai) |
| Negative, polite | しゅんれつじゃないです | (shunretsujanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | しゅんれつじゃなかった | (shunretsujanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | しゅんれつじゃなかったです | (shunretsujanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | しゅんれつで | (shunretsude) |
| Conditional (―nara) | しゅんれつなら | (shunretsunara) |