鮮やか (azayaka) conjugation
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鮮やか (あざやか, azayaka) 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 | 鮮やかだ azayakada | 鮮やかです azayakadesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 鮮やかじゃない azayakajanai | 鮮やかじゃないです azayakajanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 鮮やかだった azayakadatta | 鮮やかでした azayakadeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 鮮やかじゃなかった azayakajanakatta | 鮮やかじゃなかったです azayakajanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 鮮やかで azayakade | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 鮮やかに azayakani | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 鮮やかな〜 azayakana〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 鮮やかなら azayakanara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 鮮やかだったら azayakadattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 鮮やかになる azayakaninaru | 鮮やかになります azayakaninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 鮮やかすぎる azayakasugiru | 鮮やかすぎます azayakasugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 鮮やかそう azayakasou | 鮮やかそうです azayakasoudesu | “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.