Japanese i-adjective
mezurashii — rare 珍しい
Explore the principal positive, negative, past, non-past and conditional forms of this Japanese adjective.
How i-adjectives conjugate
The final い changes to create negative, past and connecting forms. The adjective itself carries this grammatical information, so a separate verb is not required in the plain forms.
Conjugation table
The English glosses are approximate; the natural translation depends on the surrounding sentence.
| Form | Style | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present (non-past) | Plain | is rare mezurashii 珍しい | is not rare mezurashikunai 珍しくない |
| Polite | mezurashii desu 珍しいです | mezurashikunai desu 珍しくないです | |
| Past | Plain | was rare mezurashikatta 珍しかった | was not rare mezurashikunakatta 珍しくなかった |
| Polite | mezurashikatta desu 珍しかったです | mezurashikunakatta desu 珍しくなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be rare mezurashii darō 珍しいだろう | mezurashikunai darō 珍しくないだろう |
| Polite | mezurashii deshō 珍しいでしょう | mezurashikunai deshō 珍しくないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is rare mezurashikereba 珍しければ | if it is not rare mezurashikunakereba 珍しくなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | mezurashikute 珍しくて | mezurashikunakute 珍しくなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.