様々 (samazama) conjugation
varied, various
様々 (さまざま, samazama) 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 | 様々だ samazamada | 様々です samazamadesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 様々じゃない samazamajanai | 様々じゃないです samazamajanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 様々だった samazamadatta | 様々でした samazamadeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 様々じゃなかった samazamajanakatta | 様々じゃなかったです samazamajanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 様々で samazamade | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 様々に samazamani | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 様々な〜 samazamana〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 様々なら samazamanara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 様々だったら samazamadattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 様々になる samazamaninaru | 様々になります samazamaninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 様々すぎる samazamasugiru | 様々すぎます samazamasugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 様々そう samazamasou | 様々そうです samazamasoudesu | “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.