- 1. [adj-na] rude; impolite; discourteous; insolent (obs)
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) | なめな | (namena) |
| Non-past, plain | なめだ | (nameda) |
| Non-past, polite | なめです | (namedesu) |
| Past, plain | なめだった | (namedatta) |
| Past, polite | なめでした | (namedeshita) |
| Negative, plain | なめじゃない | (namejanai) |
| Negative, polite | なめじゃないです | (namejanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | なめじゃなかった | (namejanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | なめじゃなかったです | (namejanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | なめで | (namede) |
| Conditional (―nara) | なめなら | (namenara) |