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28 :Wazukana, wazukani, or wazukade, little, few.
 * Takusana, takusani, much, many.
 * Ōkina, ōkini, ōkiwu, large, tall.

Adjectives ending in ai or oi change their termination into long ō:
 * Kore wa katai isi de gozarimasu, This is a hard stone.
 * Kono isi wa katō gozarimasu, This stone is a hard (one).
 * Katai, katō, hard.
 * Takai, takō, dear in price, or tall.
 * Hayai, hayō, quick.
 * Yowai, yowō, weak.
 * &c.
 * Kono ko wa kasikō gozarimasu, This child is a wise (one).
 * Kasikoi, kasikō, wise, clever.
 * Tattoi, tattō, precious, worthy.
 * Tuwoi, tuwō, strong.
 * Towoi, towō, far.

Those ending in si change their terminations into shu:
 * Kono samusa wa kibishu gozarimasu, This winter, or cold, is a severe (one).
 * Kibisī, kibishu, severe.
 * Atarasī, atarashu, new.
 * Tadasī, tadashu, right.
 * Osorosī, osoroshu, fearful, horrible.
 * Orokorasī, otokorashu, manly.
 * &c.

There are a few exceptions:—Numerical adjectives do not change their terminations, but de must be put after them; as, Watakusi domo wa sannin de gozarimasu, We are three.