猛烈 (mouretsu) conjugation
violent, vehement, rage
猛烈 (もうれつ, mouretsu) 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 | 猛烈だ mouretsuda | 猛烈です mouretsudesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 猛烈じゃない mouretsujanai | 猛烈じゃないです mouretsujanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 猛烈だった mouretsudatta | 猛烈でした mouretsudeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 猛烈じゃなかった mouretsujanakatta | 猛烈じゃなかったです mouretsujanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 猛烈で mouretsude | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 猛烈に mouretsuni | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 猛烈な〜 mouretsuna〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 猛烈なら mouretsunara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 猛烈だったら mouretsudattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 猛烈になる mouretsuninaru | 猛烈になります mouretsuninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 猛烈すぎる mouretsusugiru | 猛烈すぎます mouretsusugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 猛烈そう mouretsusou | 猛烈そうです mouretsusoudesu | “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.