甘口 (amakuchi) conjugation
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甘口 (あまくち, amakuchi) is a na-adjective. Na-adjectives behave like nouns. The word itself never changes — you conjugate だ/です after it, and you need な to put it in front of a noun.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~です) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | 甘口だ amakuchida | 甘口です amakuchidesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 甘口じゃない amakuchijanai | 甘口じゃないです amakuchijanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 甘口だった amakuchidatta | 甘口でした amakuchideshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 甘口じゃなかった amakuchijanakatta | 甘口じゃなかったです amakuchijanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 甘口で amakuchide | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 甘口に amakuchini | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 甘口な〜 amakuchina〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 甘口なら amakuchinara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 甘口だったら amakuchidattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 甘口になる amakuchininaru | 甘口になります amakuchininarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 甘口すぎる amakuchisugiru | 甘口すぎます amakuchisugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 甘口そう amakuchisou | 甘口そうです amakuchisoudesu | “looks / seems ~” from appearance. |
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Why it conjugates this way
Na-adjectives behave like nouns. The word itself never changes — you conjugate だ/です after it, and you need な to put it in front of a noun.
See the full rules in the adjective conjugation guide.