- 1. [adj-na, n] mean; base; nasty
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) | ろうれつな | (rouretsuna) |
| Non-past, plain | ろうれつだ | (rouretsuda) |
| Non-past, polite | ろうれつです | (rouretsudesu) |
| Past, plain | ろうれつだった | (rouretsudatta) |
| Past, polite | ろうれつでした | (rouretsudeshita) |
| Negative, plain | ろうれつじゃない | (rouretsujanai) |
| Negative, polite | ろうれつじゃないです | (rouretsujanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | ろうれつじゃなかった | (rouretsujanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | ろうれつじゃなかったです | (rouretsujanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | ろうれつで | (rouretsude) |
| Conditional (―nara) | ろうれつなら | (rouretsunara) |