- 1. [adj-na] compulsory; obligatory; mandatory
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) | ぎむてきな | (gimutekina) |
| Non-past, plain | ぎむてきだ | (gimutekida) |
| Non-past, polite | ぎむてきです | (gimutekidesu) |
| Past, plain | ぎむてきだった | (gimutekidatta) |
| Past, polite | ぎむてきでした | (gimutekideshita) |
| Negative, plain | ぎむてきじゃない | (gimutekijanai) |
| Negative, polite | ぎむてきじゃないです | (gimutekijanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | ぎむてきじゃなかった | (gimutekijanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | ぎむてきじゃなかったです | (gimutekijanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | ぎむてきで | (gimutekide) |
| Conditional (―nara) | ぎむてきなら | (gimutekinara) |