粋 (iki) conjugation
chic, style, purity
粋 (いき, iki) 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 | 粋だ ikida | 粋です ikidesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 粋じゃない ikijanai | 粋じゃないです ikijanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 粋だった ikidatta | 粋でした ikideshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 粋じゃなかった ikijanakatta | 粋じゃなかったです ikijanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 粋で ikide | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 粋に ikini | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 粋な〜 ikina〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 粋なら ikinara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 粋だったら ikidattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 粋になる ikininaru | 粋になります ikininarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 粋すぎる ikisugiru | 粋すぎます ikisugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 粋そう ikisou | 粋そうです ikisoudesu | “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.