- 1. [adj-na] running short; running low; having few remaining; having little left
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) | のこりすくなな | (nokorisukunana) |
| Non-past, plain | のこりすくなだ | (nokorisukunada) |
| Non-past, polite | のこりすくなです | (nokorisukunadesu) |
| Past, plain | のこりすくなだった | (nokorisukunadatta) |
| Past, polite | のこりすくなでした | (nokorisukunadeshita) |
| Negative, plain | のこりすくなじゃない | (nokorisukunajanai) |
| Negative, polite | のこりすくなじゃないです | (nokorisukunajanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | のこりすくなじゃなかった | (nokorisukunajanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | のこりすくなじゃなかったです | (nokorisukunajanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | のこりすくなで | (nokorisukunade) |
| Conditional (―nara) | のこりすくななら | (nokorisukunanara) |