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Japanese verb独自 (dokuji) Conjugation
独自 (dokuji) means “original, unique, distinctive”. It is a な-adjective verb. It is a な-adjective: it takes な before a noun (独自な) and だ or です after it, so 独自だ, 独自でした, 独自に. Below is its conjugation in all 14 forms, plain and polite, the same forms the Japanese verb conjugation worksheets print in their answer keys.
- Meaning
- original, unique, distinctive
- Type
- な-adjective
- Dictionary form
- 独自
- Reading
- どくじ
- Romaji
- dokuji
- Negative
- 独自じゃない
- Past
- 独自だった
- Te-form
- 独自で
- Adverb
- 独自に
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 独自だ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 独自じゃない / 独自ではない |
| Polite | 独自です |
| Polite negative | 独自じゃありません / 独自ではありません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 独自だった |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 独自じゃなかった / 独自ではなかった |
| Polite | 独自でした |
| Polite negative | 独自じゃありませんでした / 独自ではありませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 独自で |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 独自じゃなくて / 独自ではなくて |
Can and if
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 独自なら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 独自でなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 独自だったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 独自じゃなかったら / 独自ではなかったら |
Adjectives
Adverb (adjectives)連用形
| Adverb | 独自に |
|---|
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 上がったり (agattari)doomed, in a bad state, poor
- 深刻 (shinkoku)serious, severe, grave
- 正式 (seishiki)formal, official, regular
- 正常 (seijou)normal, regular
- 直接 (chokusetsu)direct, immediate, personal
- 同様 (douyou)same, similar, like
- 比べる (kuraberu)to compare, to make a comparison
- 非常 (hijou)extreme, great, extraordinary
- 不安 (fuan)anxiety, uneasiness, worry
- 不足 (fusoku)insufficiency, deficiency, shortage
- 不満 (fuman)dissatisfaction, discontent, displeasure
- 不明 (fumei)unclear, obscure, indistinct
About these tables
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