華奢 (kyasha) conjugation
delicate, slender
華奢 (きゃしゃ, kyasha) 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 | 華奢だ kyashada | 華奢です kyashadesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 華奢じゃない kyashajanai | 華奢じゃないです kyashajanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 華奢だった kyashadatta | 華奢でした kyashadeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 華奢じゃなかった kyashajanakatta | 華奢じゃなかったです kyashajanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 華奢で kyashade | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 華奢に kyashani | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 華奢な〜 kyashana〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 華奢なら kyashanara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 華奢だったら kyashadattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 華奢になる kyashaninaru | 華奢になります kyashaninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 華奢すぎる kyashasugiru | 華奢すぎます kyashasugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 華奢そう kyashasou | 華奢そうです kyashasoudesu | “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.