明瞭 (meiryou) conjugation
clarity
明瞭 (めいりょう, meiryou) 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 | 明瞭だ meiryouda | 明瞭です meiryoudesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 明瞭じゃない meiryoujanai | 明瞭じゃないです meiryoujanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 明瞭だった meiryoudatta | 明瞭でした meiryoudeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 明瞭じゃなかった meiryoujanakatta | 明瞭じゃなかったです meiryoujanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 明瞭で meiryoude | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 明瞭に meiryouni | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 明瞭な〜 meiryouna〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 明瞭なら meiryounara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 明瞭だったら meiryoudattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 明瞭になる meiryouninaru | 明瞭になります meiryouninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 明瞭すぎる meiryousugiru | 明瞭すぎます meiryousugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 明瞭そう meiryousou | 明瞭そうです meiryousoudesu | “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.