- 1. [adj-na] unfortunate but expected; harsh but fair — abbr. of 残念だが当然 (net-sl)
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) | ざんとうな | (zantouna) |
| Non-past, plain | ざんとうだ | (zantouda) |
| Non-past, polite | ざんとうです | (zantoudesu) |
| Past, plain | ざんとうだった | (zantoudatta) |
| Past, polite | ざんとうでした | (zantoudeshita) |
| Negative, plain | ざんとうじゃない | (zantoujanai) |
| Negative, polite | ざんとうじゃないです | (zantoujanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | ざんとうじゃなかった | (zantoujanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | ざんとうじゃなかったです | (zantoujanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | ざんとうで | (zantoude) |
| Conditional (―nara) | ざんとうなら | (zantounara) |