- 1. [adj-na] pedantic
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) | げんがくてきな | (gengakutekina) |
| Non-past, plain | げんがくてきだ | (gengakutekida) |
| Non-past, polite | げんがくてきです | (gengakutekidesu) |
| Past, plain | げんがくてきだった | (gengakutekidatta) |
| Past, polite | げんがくてきでした | (gengakutekideshita) |
| Negative, plain | げんがくてきじゃない | (gengakutekijanai) |
| Negative, polite | げんがくてきじゃないです | (gengakutekijanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | げんがくてきじゃなかった | (gengakutekijanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | げんがくてきじゃなかったです | (gengakutekijanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | げんがくてきで | (gengakutekide) |
| Conditional (―nara) | げんがくてきなら | (gengakutekinara) |