温和 (onwa) conjugation
gentle, mild, moderate
温和 (おんわ, onwa) 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 | 温和だ onwada | 温和です onwadesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 温和じゃない onwajanai | 温和じゃないです onwajanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 温和だった onwadatta | 温和でした onwadeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 温和じゃなかった onwajanakatta | 温和じゃなかったです onwajanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 温和で onwade | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 温和に onwani | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 温和な〜 onwana〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 温和なら onwanara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 温和だったら onwadattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 温和になる onwaninaru | 温和になります onwaninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 温和すぎる onwasugiru | 温和すぎます onwasugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 温和そう onwasou | 温和そうです onwasoudesu | “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.