緩やか (yuruyaka) conjugation
lenient
緩やか (ゆるやか, yuruyaka) 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 | 緩やかだ yuruyakada | 緩やかです yuruyakadesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 緩やかじゃない yuruyakajanai | 緩やかじゃないです yuruyakajanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 緩やかだった yuruyakadatta | 緩やかでした yuruyakadeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 緩やかじゃなかった yuruyakajanakatta | 緩やかじゃなかったです yuruyakajanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 緩やかで yuruyakade | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 緩やかに yuruyakani | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 緩やかな〜 yuruyakana〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 緩やかなら yuruyakanara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 緩やかだったら yuruyakadattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 緩やかになる yuruyakaninaru | 緩やかになります yuruyakaninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 緩やかすぎる yuruyakasugiru | 緩やかすぎます yuruyakasugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 緩やかそう yuruyakasou | 緩やかそうです yuruyakasoudesu | “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.