手軽 (tegaru) conjugation
easy, simple, cheap
手軽 (てがる, tegaru) 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 | 手軽だ tegaruda | 手軽です tegarudesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 手軽じゃない tegarujanai | 手軽じゃないです tegarujanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 手軽だった tegarudatta | 手軽でした tegarudeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 手軽じゃなかった tegarujanakatta | 手軽じゃなかったです tegarujanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 手軽で tegarude | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 手軽に tegaruni | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 手軽な〜 tegaruna〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 手軽なら tegarunara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 手軽だったら tegarudattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 手軽になる tegaruninaru | 手軽になります tegaruninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 手軽すぎる tegarusugiru | 手軽すぎます tegarusugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 手軽そう tegarusou | 手軽そうです tegarusoudesu | “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.