手近 (tejika) conjugation
near, handy, familiar
手近 (てぢか, tejika) 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 | 手近だ tejikada | 手近です tejikadesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 手近じゃない tejikajanai | 手近じゃないです tejikajanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 手近だった tejikadatta | 手近でした tejikadeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 手近じゃなかった tejikajanakatta | 手近じゃなかったです tejikajanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 手近で tejikade | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 手近に tejikani | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 手近な〜 tejikana〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 手近なら tejikanara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 手近だったら tejikadattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 手近になる tejikaninaru | 手近になります tejikaninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 手近すぎる tejikasugiru | 手近すぎます tejikasugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 手近そう tejikasou | 手近そうです tejikasoudesu | “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.