強引 (gouin) conjugation
forcible, assertive, pushy
強引 (ごういん, gouin) 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 | 強引だ gouinda | 強引です gouindesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 強引じゃない gouinjanai | 強引じゃないです gouinjanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 強引だった gouindatta | 強引でした gouindeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 強引じゃなかった gouinjanakatta | 強引じゃなかったです gouinjanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 強引で gouinde | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 強引に gouinni | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 強引な〜 gouinna〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 強引なら gouinnara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 強引だったら gouindattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 強引になる gouinninaru | 強引になります gouinninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 強引すぎる gouinsugiru | 強引すぎます gouinsugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 強引そう gouinsou | 強引そうです gouinsoudesu | “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.