巧み (takumi) conjugation
skill, cleverness
巧み (たくみ, takumi) 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 | 巧みだ takumida | 巧みです takumidesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 巧みじゃない takumijanai | 巧みじゃないです takumijanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 巧みだった takumidatta | 巧みでした takumideshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 巧みじゃなかった takumijanakatta | 巧みじゃなかったです takumijanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 巧みで takumide | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 巧みに takumini | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 巧みな〜 takumina〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 巧みなら takuminara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 巧みだったら takumidattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 巧みになる takumininaru | 巧みになります takumininarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 巧みすぎる takumisugiru | 巧みすぎます takumisugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 巧みそう takumisou | 巧みそうです takumisoudesu | “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.