図々しい (zuuzuushii) conjugation
impudent, shameless
図々しい (ずうずうしい, zuuzuushii) is an i-adjective. I-adjectives carry their own tense: drop the final い and the endings attach straight to the stem. No だ, no です needed to make a complete sentence.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~です) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | 図々しい zuuzuushii | 図々しいです zuuzuushiidesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 図々しくない zuuzuushikunai | 図々しくないです zuuzuushikunaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 図々しかった zuuzuushikatta | 図々しかったです zuuzuushikattadesu | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 図々しくなかった zuuzuushikunakatta | 図々しくなかったです zuuzuushikunakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 図々しくて zuuzuushikute | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 図々しく zuuzuushiku | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 図々しい〜 zuuzuushii〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 図々しければ zuuzuushikereba | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 図々しかったら zuuzuushikattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 図々しくなる zuuzuushikunaru | 図々しくなります zuuzuushikunarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 図々しすぎる zuuzuushisugiru | 図々しすぎます zuuzuushisugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 図々しそう zuuzuushisou | 図々しそうです zuuzuushisoudesu | “looks / seems ~” from appearance. |
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Why it conjugates this way
I-adjectives carry their own tense: drop the final い and the endings attach straight to the stem. No だ, no です needed to make a complete sentence.
See the full rules in the adjective conjugation guide.