簡潔 (kanketsu) conjugation
brevity, concise, simple
簡潔 (かんけつ, kanketsu) 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 | 簡潔だ kanketsuda | 簡潔です kanketsudesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 簡潔じゃない kanketsujanai | 簡潔じゃないです kanketsujanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 簡潔だった kanketsudatta | 簡潔でした kanketsudeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 簡潔じゃなかった kanketsujanakatta | 簡潔じゃなかったです kanketsujanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 簡潔で kanketsude | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 簡潔に kanketsuni | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 簡潔な〜 kanketsuna〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 簡潔なら kanketsunara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 簡潔だったら kanketsudattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 簡潔になる kanketsuninaru | 簡潔になります kanketsuninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 簡潔すぎる kanketsusugiru | 簡潔すぎます kanketsusugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 簡潔そう kanketsusou | 簡潔そうです kanketsusoudesu | “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.