気軽 (kigaru) conjugation
cheerful, buoyant, lighthearted
気軽 (きがる, kigaru) 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 | 気軽だ kigaruda | 気軽です kigarudesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 気軽じゃない kigarujanai | 気軽じゃないです kigarujanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 気軽だった kigarudatta | 気軽でした kigarudeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 気軽じゃなかった kigarujanakatta | 気軽じゃなかったです kigarujanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 気軽で kigarude | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 気軽に kigaruni | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 気軽な〜 kigaruna〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 気軽なら kigarunara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 気軽だったら kigarudattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 気軽になる kigaruninaru | 気軽になります kigaruninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 気軽すぎる kigarusugiru | 気軽すぎます kigarusugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 気軽そう kigarusou | 気軽そうです kigarusoudesu | “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.