- 1. [n, adj-na] elegance; grace
- 2. [n] festal song (genre of the Shi Jing)
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) | がな | (gana) |
| Non-past, plain | がだ | (gada) |
| Non-past, polite | がです | (gadesu) |
| Past, plain | がだった | (gadatta) |
| Past, polite | がでした | (gadeshita) |
| Negative, plain | がじゃない | (gajanai) |
| Negative, polite | がじゃないです | (gajanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | がじゃなかった | (gajanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | がじゃなかったです | (gajanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | がで | (gade) |
| Conditional (―nara) | がなら | (ganara) |
Kanji in this word
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雅
gracious, elegant, graceful, refinedOn: ガ (ga)Kun: みや.び (miya.bi)