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Japanese verb主要 (shuyou) Conjugation
主要 (shuyou) means “chief, main, principal”. It is a な-adjective verb. It is a な-adjective: it takes な before a noun (主要な) and だ or です after it, so 主要だ, 主要でした, 主要に. 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
- chief, main, principal
- Type
- な-adjective
- Dictionary form
- 主要
- Reading
- しゅよう
- Romaji
- shuyou
- Negative
- 主要じゃない
- Past
- 主要だった
- Te-form
- 主要で
- Adverb
- 主要に
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 主要だ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 主要じゃない / 主要ではない |
| Polite | 主要です |
| Polite negative | 主要じゃありません / 主要ではありません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 主要だった |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 主要じゃなかった / 主要ではなかった |
| Polite | 主要でした |
| Polite negative | 主要じゃありませんでした / 主要ではありませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 主要で |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 主要じゃなくて / 主要ではなくて |
Can and if
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 主要なら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 主要でなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 主要だったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 主要じゃなかったら / 主要ではなかったら |
Adjectives
Adverb (adjectives)連用形
| Adverb | 主要に |
|---|
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 確実 (kakujitsu)certain, sure, definite
- 疑問 (gimon)doubt, question, suspicion
- 共通 (kyoutsuu)common, shared, mutual
- 緊急 (kinkyuu)urgency, emergency
- 健康 (kenkou)healthy, sound, fit
- 国際的 (kokusaiteki)international, worldwide, cross-border
- 十分 (juubun)enough, sufficient, plenty
- 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
About these tables
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