高尚 (koushou) conjugation
high, noble, refined
高尚 (こうしょう, koushou) 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 | 高尚だ koushouda | 高尚です koushoudesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 高尚じゃない koushoujanai | 高尚じゃないです koushoujanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 高尚だった koushoudatta | 高尚でした koushoudeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 高尚じゃなかった koushoujanakatta | 高尚じゃなかったです koushoujanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 高尚で koushoude | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 高尚に koushouni | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 高尚な〜 koushouna〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 高尚なら koushounara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 高尚だったら koushoudattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 高尚になる koushouninaru | 高尚になります koushouninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 高尚すぎる koushousugiru | 高尚すぎます koushousugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 高尚そう koushousou | 高尚そうです koushousoudesu | “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.