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Sentence

The coffee shop has a trendy, Western-style interior with a Meiji-era vibe, which makes me feel nostalgic somehow.

Related words

ハイカラ

Hiragana
はいから
Adjectival noun
dated

(dated) trendy and Western / (dated) fashionable, stylish / (dated) modern, new / (dated) Westernized / of a style characteristic of the Western influence in the Meiji and Taishō periods

The coffee shop has a trendy, Western-style interior with a Meiji-era vibe, which makes me feel nostalgic somehow.

Word Forms

The basic and commonly used forms of this adjectival noun.

Basic forms
Form Word form Usage
Imperfective form (mizenkei)
Alternative: はいからだろう
Used in forms such as darou.
Continuative form (renyokei)
Alternative: はいからで ハイカラに はいからに
Used with de or ni.
Conclusive form (shushikei)
Alternative: はいからだ
Ends a sentence with da.
Attributive form (rentaikei)
Alternative: はいからな
Modifies a noun with na.
Conditional form (kateikei)
Alternative: はいからなら
Expresses a condition with nara.
Imperative form (meireikei)
Alternative: はいからであれ
Used in formal expressions such as de are.
Common forms
Form Word form Usage
Te-form equivalent
Alternative: はいからで
Connects clauses using de.
Ta-form
Alternative: はいからだった
Expresses the past with datta.
Nai-form
Alternative: はいからではない ハイカラじゃない はいからじゃない
Expresses negation with dewa nai or ja nai.
Desu-form
Alternative: はいからです
Used for polite speech.
Notes
  • 「ハイカラ」はナ形容詞(形容動詞)として活用する。
  • 表記ゆれとして平仮名表記「はいから」を variants に含めた。

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