派手 (hade) conjugation
showy, flashy, gaudy
派手 (はで, hade) 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 | 派手だ hadeda | 派手です hadedesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 派手じゃない hadejanai | 派手じゃないです hadejanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 派手だった hadedatta | 派手でした hadedeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 派手じゃなかった hadejanakatta | 派手じゃなかったです hadejanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 派手で hadede | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 派手に hadeni | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 派手な〜 hadena〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 派手なら hadenara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 派手だったら hadedattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 派手になる hadeninaru | 派手になります hadeninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 派手すぎる hadesugiru | 派手すぎます hadesugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 派手そう hadesou | 派手そうです hadesoudesu | “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.