- 1. [adj-na, n] hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
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) | まけずぎらいな | (makezugiraina) |
| Non-past, plain | まけずぎらいだ | (makezugiraida) |
| Non-past, polite | まけずぎらいです | (makezugiraidesu) |
| Past, plain | まけずぎらいだった | (makezugiraidatta) |
| Past, polite | まけずぎらいでした | (makezugiraideshita) |
| Negative, plain | まけずぎらいじゃない | (makezugiraijanai) |
| Negative, polite | まけずぎらいじゃないです | (makezugiraijanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | まけずぎらいじゃなかった | (makezugiraijanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | まけずぎらいじゃなかったです | (makezugiraijanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | まけずぎらいで | (makezugiraide) |
| Conditional (―nara) | まけずぎらいなら | (makezugirainara) |