意地悪 (ijiwaru) conjugation
malicious, mean, unkind
意地悪 (いじわる, ijiwaru) 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 | 意地悪だ ijiwaruda | 意地悪です ijiwarudesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 意地悪じゃない ijiwarujanai | 意地悪じゃないです ijiwarujanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 意地悪だった ijiwarudatta | 意地悪でした ijiwarudeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 意地悪じゃなかった ijiwarujanakatta | 意地悪じゃなかったです ijiwarujanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 意地悪で ijiwarude | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 意地悪に ijiwaruni | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 意地悪な〜 ijiwaruna〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 意地悪なら ijiwarunara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 意地悪だったら ijiwarudattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 意地悪になる ijiwaruninaru | 意地悪になります ijiwaruninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 意地悪すぎる ijiwarusugiru | 意地悪すぎます ijiwarusugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 意地悪そう ijiwarusou | 意地悪そうです ijiwarusoudesu | “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.