馴々しい (narenareshii) conjugation
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馴々しい (なれなれしい, narenareshii) is an i-adjective. I-adjectives carry their own tense: drop the final い and the endings attach straight to the stem. No だ, no です needed to make a complete sentence.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~です) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | 馴々しい narenareshii | 馴々しいです narenareshiidesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 馴々しくない narenareshikunai | 馴々しくないです narenareshikunaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 馴々しかった narenareshikatta | 馴々しかったです narenareshikattadesu | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 馴々しくなかった narenareshikunakatta | 馴々しくなかったです narenareshikunakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 馴々しくて narenareshikute | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 馴々しく narenareshiku | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 馴々しい〜 narenareshii〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 馴々しければ narenareshikereba | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 馴々しかったら narenareshikattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 馴々しくなる narenareshikunaru | 馴々しくなります narenareshikunarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 馴々しすぎる narenareshisugiru | 馴々しすぎます narenareshisugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 馴々しそう narenareshisou | 馴々しそうです narenareshisoudesu | “looks / seems ~” from appearance. |
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Why it conjugates this way
I-adjectives carry their own tense: drop the final い and the endings attach straight to the stem. No だ, no です needed to make a complete sentence.
See the full rules in the adjective conjugation guide.