貧弱 (hinjaku) conjugation
poor, meager, insubstantial
貧弱 (ひんじゃく, hinjaku) 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 | 貧弱だ hinjakuda | 貧弱です hinjakudesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 貧弱じゃない hinjakujanai | 貧弱じゃないです hinjakujanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 貧弱だった hinjakudatta | 貧弱でした hinjakudeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 貧弱じゃなかった hinjakujanakatta | 貧弱じゃなかったです hinjakujanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 貧弱で hinjakude | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 貧弱に hinjakuni | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 貧弱な〜 hinjakuna〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 貧弱なら hinjakunara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 貧弱だったら hinjakudattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 貧弱になる hinjakuninaru | 貧弱になります hinjakuninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 貧弱すぎる hinjakusugiru | 貧弱すぎます hinjakusugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 貧弱そう hinjakusou | 貧弱そうです hinjakusoudesu | “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.