巧妙 (koumyou) conjugation
ingenious, skillful, clever
巧妙 (こうみょう, koumyou) 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 | 巧妙だ koumyouda | 巧妙です koumyoudesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 巧妙じゃない koumyoujanai | 巧妙じゃないです koumyoujanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 巧妙だった koumyoudatta | 巧妙でした koumyoudeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 巧妙じゃなかった koumyoujanakatta | 巧妙じゃなかったです koumyoujanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 巧妙で koumyoude | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 巧妙に koumyouni | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 巧妙な〜 koumyouna〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 巧妙なら koumyounara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 巧妙だったら koumyoudattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 巧妙になる koumyouninaru | 巧妙になります koumyouninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 巧妙すぎる koumyousugiru | 巧妙すぎます koumyousugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 巧妙そう koumyousou | 巧妙そうです koumyousoudesu | “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.