- 1. [n, adj-na] shut-in; recluse
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) | そとぎらいな | (sotogiraina) |
| Non-past, plain | そとぎらいだ | (sotogiraida) |
| Non-past, polite | そとぎらいです | (sotogiraidesu) |
| Past, plain | そとぎらいだった | (sotogiraidatta) |
| Past, polite | そとぎらいでした | (sotogiraideshita) |
| Negative, plain | そとぎらいじゃない | (sotogiraijanai) |
| Negative, polite | そとぎらいじゃないです | (sotogiraijanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | そとぎらいじゃなかった | (sotogiraijanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | そとぎらいじゃなかったです | (sotogiraijanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | そとぎらいで | (sotogiraide) |
| Conditional (―nara) | そとぎらいなら | (sotogirainara) |