| な |
| 1. syllable. (ja-kana-def) | |
| 2. interj. (masculine informal, mild, emphatic) (used to get someone's attention, generally carries neutral or slightly positive connotations) | |
| な、聞いたかい。 - Hey, did you hear? | |
| 3. part. (informal mild, emphatic) (sentence-final particle indicating emotion or mild emphasis) | |
| そうかな。 - Huh, is that so. | |
| 4. part. Usage: Often used when you are speaking to yourself, and can be considered less formal than the agreement-asking particle ね. | |
| 5. part. (copula particle used after 形容動詞 to make them function as adjectives) | |
| 変な人 - a strange person | |
| 6. part. Usage: The older | |
| Usage: 静かなる田園 - the quiet countryside | |
| 7. part. (from 720) (masculine in modern Japanese, informal, added after the dictionary form of a verb) (indicates prohibition:) don't | |
| 行くな！ - Don't go! | |
| 無断で引用するな。 - Don't quote it without permission. | |
| 混ぜるな危険 - dangerous: do not mix | |
| 8. part. Usage: Considered very informal and potentially brusque depending on tone of voice. This would never be used in polite conversation, where the construction ～ないで下さい, tr=~naide kudasai would be u | |
| 9. part. Usage: * Addressing close friends, children, or possibly subordinates: | |
| Usage: * する な。 - Don't do that. | |
| 10. part. Usage: * Addressing anyone else: | |
| Usage: * しないで ください。 - (Please) Don't do that. | |
| 11. suffix. (informal added after the stem form of a verb) (indicates an imperative statement or command:) do | |
| あっちへ行きな、ぼうや。 - Go over there, boy → Get out of the way, boy! | |
| 座りなよ。 - Sit → Have a seat. | |
| 12. suffix. Usage: * A casual way of issuing commands; not as rough as the imperative conjugation of a verb. | |
| 13. suffix. Usage: * Usage is restricted to addressing friends, children, or subordinates. | |
| Usage: * 食べな - Eat! | |
| 14. suffix. Usage: * In spoken Japanese, the prohibitive na and the imperative na are also differentiated by pitch accent patterns. For prohibitive na, the pitch on the suffix follows the pitch on the verb | |
| 15. suffix. Usage: *: 書くな (kaku na, “don't write”) → (ja-accent/high, か)ja-accent/low, くな | |
| 16. suffix. Usage: *: 書くな (kaki na, “write”) → (ja-accent/low, か)ja-accent/high, きja-accent/high, な | |
