- 1. [n, adj-na] young orphan (arch)
- 2. [n, adj-na] being alone and weak with no place to go to (arch)
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) | こじゃくな | (kojakuna) |
| Non-past, plain | こじゃくだ | (kojakuda) |
| Non-past, polite | こじゃくです | (kojakudesu) |
| Past, plain | こじゃくだった | (kojakudatta) |
| Past, polite | こじゃくでした | (kojakudeshita) |
| Negative, plain | こじゃくじゃない | (kojakujanai) |
| Negative, polite | こじゃくじゃないです | (kojakujanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | こじゃくじゃなかった | (kojakujanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | こじゃくじゃなかったです | (kojakujanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | こじゃくで | (kojakude) |
| Conditional (―nara) | こじゃくなら | (kojakunara) |