- 1. [adj-na] cunning; sly
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) | かんかつな | (kankatsuna) |
| Non-past, plain | かんかつだ | (kankatsuda) |
| Non-past, polite | かんかつです | (kankatsudesu) |
| Past, plain | かんかつだった | (kankatsudatta) |
| Past, polite | かんかつでした | (kankatsudeshita) |
| Negative, plain | かんかつじゃない | (kankatsujanai) |
| Negative, polite | かんかつじゃないです | (kankatsujanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | かんかつじゃなかった | (kankatsujanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | かんかつじゃなかったです | (kankatsujanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | かんかつで | (kankatsude) |
| Conditional (―nara) | かんかつなら | (kankatsunara) |