- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

(kanji info)
  1. 1. [n, adj-na] free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling (yoji)

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) (jiyuuhonpouna)
Non-past, plain (jiyuuhonpouda)
Non-past, polite (jiyuuhonpoudesu)
Past, plain (jiyuuhonpoudatta)
Past, polite (jiyuuhonpoudeshita)
Negative, plain (jiyuuhonpoujanai)
Negative, polite (jiyuuhonpoujanaidesu)
Past negative, plain (jiyuuhonpoujanakatta)
Past negative, polite (jiyuuhonpoujanakattadesu)
Te-form (jiyuuhonpoude)
Conditional (―nara) (jiyuuhonpounara)

Kanji in this word

Example Sentences

Sometimes her free manner seems rude.
Just what you'd expect of a young lady, you certainly weren't left to live as you pleased.