- 1. [adj-na, n] extravagant; absurd
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) | めっそうな | (messouna) |
| Non-past, plain | めっそうだ | (messouda) |
| Non-past, polite | めっそうです | (messoudesu) |
| Past, plain | めっそうだった | (messoudatta) |
| Past, polite | めっそうでした | (messoudeshita) |
| Negative, plain | めっそうじゃない | (messoujanai) |
| Negative, polite | めっそうじゃないです | (messoujanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | めっそうじゃなかった | (messoujanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | めっそうじゃなかったです | (messoujanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | めっそうで | (messoude) |
| Conditional (―nara) | めっそうなら | (messounara) |