- 1. [n, adj-na] wide knowledge and versatile talents; profound learning and varied attainments (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) | はくしきたさいな | (hakushikitasaina) |
| Non-past, plain | はくしきたさいだ | (hakushikitasaida) |
| Non-past, polite | はくしきたさいです | (hakushikitasaidesu) |
| Past, plain | はくしきたさいだった | (hakushikitasaidatta) |
| Past, polite | はくしきたさいでした | (hakushikitasaideshita) |
| Negative, plain | はくしきたさいじゃない | (hakushikitasaijanai) |
| Negative, polite | はくしきたさいじゃないです | (hakushikitasaijanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | はくしきたさいじゃなかった | (hakushikitasaijanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | はくしきたさいじゃなかったです | (hakushikitasaijanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | はくしきたさいで | (hakushikitasaide) |
| Conditional (―nara) | はくしきたさいなら | (hakushikitasainara) |