{"id":1585,"date":"2024-12-03T01:15:18","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T01:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nihongo-no-benkyo.com\/?p=1585"},"modified":"2024-12-15T04:28:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T04:28:31","slug":"doc-003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nihongo-no-benkyo.com\/en\/doc-003\/","title":{"rendered":"Verb"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Let me explain about Japanese verbs.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Characteristics of verbs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The main characteristics of verbs are shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The definitive form ends with the &#8220;u&#8221; row. This is the dictionary form. Some examples are shown below. Below that, the &#8220;u&#8221; row in Hiragana is shown. For a basic explanation of <a href=\"https:\/\/nihongo-no-benkyo.com\/en\/doc-001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hiragana and Katakana<\/a>, please see Hiragana and Katakana.<br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">Verb<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">English<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">Pronunciation<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u898b(\u307f)<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u308b<\/span><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">see<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">mi ru<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u805e(\u304d)<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u304f<\/span><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">hear<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ki ku<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u8a71(\u306f\u306a)<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u3059<\/span><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">speak<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ha na su<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u7b11(\u308f\u3089)<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u3046<\/span><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">laugh<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">wa ra u<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\"><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">a<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">i<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">u<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">e<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">o<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\"><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3042<br>(a)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3044<br>(i)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#7bdcb5\">\u3046<br>(u)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3048<br>(e)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u304a<br>(o)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">k<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u304b<br>(ka)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u304d<br>(ki)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#7bdcb5\">\u304f<br>(ku)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3051<br>(ke)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3053<br>(ko)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">s<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3055<br>(sa)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3057<br>(si(shi))<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#7bdcb5\">\u3059<br>(su)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u305b<br>(se)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u305d<br>(so)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">t<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u305f<br>(ta)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3061<br>(ti(chi))<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#7bdcb5\">\u3064<br>(tu(tsu))<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3066<br>(te)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3068<br>(to)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">n<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u306a<br>(na)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u306b<br>(ni)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#7bdcb5\">\u306c<br>(nu)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u306d<br>(ne)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u306e<br>(no)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">h<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u306f<br>(ha)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3072<br>(hi)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#7bdcb5\">\u3075<br>(hu)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3078<br>(he)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u307b<br>(ho)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">m<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u307e<br>(ma)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u307f<br>(mi)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#7bdcb5\">\u3080<br>(mu)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3081<br>(me)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3082<br>(mo)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">y<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3084<br>(ya)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#7bdcb5\">\u3086<br>(yu)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3088<br>(yo)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">r<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3089<br>(ra)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u308a<br>(ri)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#7bdcb5\">\u308b<br>(ru)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u308c<br>(re)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u308d<br>(ro)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">w<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u308f<br>(wa)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3092<br>(wo)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">n<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3093<br>(n)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Verbs in the &#8220;~ta&#8221; form refer to events that occurred in the past or that have led to the present. Below are some examples:<br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u52d5\u8a5e(\u3069\u3046\u3057)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u82f1\u8a9e(\u3048\u3044\u3054)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u767a\u97f3(\u306f\u3064\u304a\u3093)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u898b(\u307f)<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u305f<\/span><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">saw<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">mi ta<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u805e(\u304d)\u3044<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u305f<\/span><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">heard<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ki i ta<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u8a71(\u306f\u306a)\u3057<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u305f<\/span><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">spoke<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ha na shi ta<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u7b11(\u308f\u3089)\u3063<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u305f<\/span><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">laughed<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">wa ra tta<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There are several types of conjugation for verbs. The types of conjugation are classified into five-step conjugation, upper one-step conjugation, lower one-step conjugation, ka-row irregular conjugation, and sa-row irregular conjugation. Next, we will explain conjugation.<br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conjugation of verbs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br>First, let&#8217;s explain the conjugation forms of verbs. There are six types of conjugation forms: imperfective form, conjunctive form, dictionary form, attributive form, conditional form, and imperative form. That&#8217;s all. Please understand the meanings of these conjugation forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is an example of the word &#8220;\u66f8(\u304b)\u304f (write)&#8221;.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u6d3b\u7528\u5f62(Form of conjugation)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u8aac\u660e(\u305b\u3064\u3081\u3044)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u5177\u4f53\u4f8b(\u3050\u305f\u3044\u308c\u3044)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u767a\u97f3(\u306f\u3064\u304a\u3093)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u82f1\u8a9e(\u3048\u3044\u3054)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:center\">\u672a\u7136\u5f62<br>(\u307f\u305c\u3093\u3051\u3044)<br>(imperfective form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u306a\u3044<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u66f8(\u304b)\u304b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u306a\u3044<\/span><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ka ka na i<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">not write<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u3046 or \uff5e\u3088\u3046<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u66f8(\u304b)\u3053<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u3046<\/span><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ka ko u<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">let&#8217;s write<\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:center\">\u9023\u7528\u5f62<br>(\u308c\u3093\u3088\u3046\u3051\u3044)<br>(conjunctive form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u307e\u3059<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u66f8(\u304b)\u304d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u307e\u3059<\/span><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ka ki ma su<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">write (polite)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u305f<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u66f8(\u304b)\u3044<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u305f<\/span><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ka i ta<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">wrote<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u7d42\u6b62\u5f62<br>(\u3057\u3085\u3046\u3057\u3051\u3044)<br>(dictionary form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u7d42\u6b62\u5f62<br>(\u3057\u3085\u3046\u3057\u3051\u3044)<br>(dictionary form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u66f8(\u304b)\u304f<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ka ku<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">write<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u9023\u4f53\u5f62<br>(\u308c\u3093\u305f\u3044\u3051\u3044)<br>(attributive&nbsp;form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u3068\u304d<br>or<br>\uff5e\u308b\u3068\u304d<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u66f8(\u304b)\u304f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u3068\u304d<\/span><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ka ku to ki<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">when write<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u4eee\u5b9a\u5f62<br>(\u304b\u3066\u3044\u3051\u3044)<br>(conditional form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u3070<br>or<br>\uff5e\u308c\u3070<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u66f8(\u304b)\u3051<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u3070<\/span><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ka ke ba<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">if write<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u547d\u4ee4\u5f62<br>(\u3081\u3044\u308c\u3044\u3051\u3044)<br>(imperative form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u547d\u4ee4\u5f62<br>(\u3081\u3044\u308c\u3044\u3051\u3044)<br>(imperative form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u66f8(\u304b)\u3051<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ka ke<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">write (command)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>Next, we will explain the types of conjugation. The types of conjugation are shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Five-step conjugation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upper one-step conjugation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lower one-step conjugation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Irregular conjugation of the ka-row<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Irregular conjugation of the sa-row<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>These names may seem difficult to understand, so we&#8217;ve broken them down as follows:<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u6d3b\u7528 (\u304b\u3064\u3088\u3046)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u5206\u985e (\u3076\u3093\u308b\u3044)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u4e94\u6bb5\u6d3b\u7528<br>(\u3054\u3060\u3093\u304b\u3064\u3088\u3046)<br>(five-step conjugation)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">conjugation-aiueo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u4e0a\u4e00\u6bb5\u6d3b\u7528<br>(\u304b\u307f\u3044\u3061\u3060\u3093\u304b\u3064\u3088\u3046)<br>(upper one-step conjugation)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">conjugation-i<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u4e0b\u4e00\u6bb5\u6d3b\u7528<br>(\u3057\u3082\u3044\u3061\u3060\u3093\u304b\u3064\u3088\u3046)<br>(lower one-step conjugation)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">conjugation-e<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u30ab\u884c\u5909\u683c\u6d3b\u7528<br>(\u304b\u304e\u3087\u3046\u3078\u3093\u304b\u304f\u304b\u3064\u3088\u3046)<br>(irregular conjugation of the ka-row)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">conjugation-kuru<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u30b5\u884c\u5909\u683c\u6d3b\u7528<br>(\u3055\u304e\u3087\u3046\u3078\u3093\u304b\u304f\u304b\u3064\u3088\u3046)<br>(irregular conjugation of the sa-row)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">conjugation-suru<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conjugation-aiueo (five-step conjugation)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a pattern where the conjugation endings are in five rows: &#8220;a, i, u, e, o.&#8221; The five rows can be &#8220;ka, ki, ku, ke, ko&#8221; or &#8220;sa, shi, su, se, so.&#8221; This means that the vowels are always a, i, u, e, o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are the conjugations for &#8220;\u8a71(\u306f\u306a)\u3059 (speak)&#8221;.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u6d3b\u7528\u5f62(\u304b\u3064\u3088\u3046\u3051\u3044)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u8aac\u660e(\u305b\u3064\u3081\u3044)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u6d3b\u7528(\u304b\u3064\u3088\u3046)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u767a\u97f3(\u306f\u3064\u304a\u3093)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u82f1\u8a9e(\u3048\u3044\u3054)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:center\">\u672a\u7136\u5f62<br>(\u307f\u305c\u3093\u3051\u3044)<br>(imperfective form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u306a\u3044<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u8a71(\u306f\u306a)<mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u3055<\/mark>\u306a\u3044<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ha na sa na i<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">not speak<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u3046 or \uff5e\u3088\u3046<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u8a71(\u306f\u306a)<mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u305d<\/mark>\u3046<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ha na so u<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">let&#8217;s speak<\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:center\">\u9023\u7528\u5f62<br>(\u308c\u3093\u3088\u3046\u3051\u3044)<br>(conjunctive form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u307e\u3059<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u8a71(\u306f\u306a)<mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u3057<\/mark>\u307e\u3059<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ha na shi ma su<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">speak (polite)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u305f<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u8a71(\u306f\u306a)<mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u3057<\/mark>\u305f<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ha na shi ta<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">spoke<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u7d42\u6b62\u5f62<br>(\u3057\u3085\u3046\u3057\u3051\u3044)<br>(dictionary form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u7d42\u6b62\u5f62<br>(\u3057\u3085\u3046\u3057\u3051\u3044)<br>(dictionary form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u8a71(\u306f\u306a)<mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u3059<\/mark><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ha na su<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">speak<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u9023\u4f53\u5f62<br>(\u308c\u3093\u305f\u3044\u3051\u3044)<br>(attributive&nbsp;form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u3068\u304d<br>or<br>\uff5e\u308b\u3068\u304d<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u8a71(\u306f\u306a)<mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u3059<\/mark>\u3068\u304d<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ha na su to ki<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">when speak<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u4eee\u5b9a\u5f62<br>(\u304b\u3066\u3044\u3051\u3044)<br>(conditional form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u3070<br>or<br>\uff5e\u308c\u3070<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u8a71(\u306f\u306a)<mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u305b<\/mark>\u3070<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ha na se ba<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">if speak<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u547d\u4ee4\u5f62<br>(\u3081\u3044\u308c\u3044\u3051\u3044)<br>(imperative form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u547d\u4ee4\u5f62<br>(\u3081\u3044\u308c\u3044\u3051\u3044)<br>(imperative form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u8a71(\u306f\u306a)<mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u305b<\/mark><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ha na se<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">speak (command)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;\u8a71(\u306f\u306a)\u3059 (speak)&#8221; is a conjugation pattern that spans five steps: &#8220;sa, shi, su, se, so&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\"><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">a<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">i<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">u<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">e<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">o<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\"><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3042<br>(a)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3044<br>(i)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3046<br>(u)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3048<br>(e)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u304a<br>(o)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">s<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#7bdcb5\">\u3055<br>(sa)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#7bdcb5\">\u3057<br>(si(shi))<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#7bdcb5\">\u3059<br>(su)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#7bdcb5\">\u305b<br>(se)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#7bdcb5\">\u305d<br>(so)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conjugation-i (upper one-step conjugation)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a pattern where the conjugation ending is only in the &#8220;i&#8221; row. This can also be &#8220;ki&#8221; or &#8220;mi&#8221; etc. In this case, the vowel means &#8220;i&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are the conjugations of &#8220;\u898b(\u307f)\u308b (see)&#8221;.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u6d3b\u7528\u5f62(\u304b\u3064\u3088\u3046\u3051\u3044)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u8aac\u660e(\u305b\u3064\u3081\u3044)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u6d3b\u7528(\u304b\u3064\u3088\u3046)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u767a\u97f3(\u306f\u3064\u304a\u3093)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u82f1\u8a9e(\u3048\u3044\u3054)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:center\">\u672a\u7136\u5f62<br>(\u307f\u305c\u3093\u3051\u3044)<br>(imperfective form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u306a\u3044<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u898b(\u307f)<\/mark>\u306a\u3044<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">mi na i<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">not see<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u3046 or \uff5e\u3088\u3046<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u898b(\u307f)<\/mark>\u3088\u3046<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">mi yo u<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">let&#8217;s see<\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:center\">\u9023\u7528\u5f62<br>(\u308c\u3093\u3088\u3046\u3051\u3044)<br>(conjunctive form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u307e\u3059<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u898b(\u307f)<\/mark>\u307e\u3059<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">mi ma su<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">see (polite)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u305f<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u898b(\u307f)<\/mark>\u305f<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">mi ta<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">saw<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u7d42\u6b62\u5f62<br>(\u3057\u3085\u3046\u3057\u3051\u3044)<br>(dictionary form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u7d42\u6b62\u5f62<br>(\u3057\u3085\u3046\u3057\u3051\u3044)<br>(dictionary form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u898b(\u307f)<\/mark>\u308b<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">mi ru<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">see<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u9023\u4f53\u5f62<br>(\u308c\u3093\u305f\u3044\u3051\u3044)<br>(attributive&nbsp;form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u3068\u304d<br>or<br>\uff5e\u308b\u3068\u304d<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u898b(\u307f)<\/mark>\u308b\u3068\u304d<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">mi ru to ki<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">when see<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u4eee\u5b9a\u5f62<br>(\u304b\u3066\u3044\u3051\u3044)<br>(conditional form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u3070<br>or<br>\uff5e\u308c\u3070<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u898b(\u307f)<\/mark>\u308c\u3070<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">mi re ba<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">if see<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u547d\u4ee4\u5f62<br>(\u3081\u3044\u308c\u3044\u3051\u3044)<br>(imperative form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u547d\u4ee4\u5f62<br>(\u3081\u3044\u308c\u3044\u3051\u3044)<br>(imperative form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u898b(\u307f)<\/mark>\u308d<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">mi ro<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">see (command)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;\u898b(\u307f)\u308b (see)&#8221; is a pattern that is only conjugated in the &#8220;mi&#8221; row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\"><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">a<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">i<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">u<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">e<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">o<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\"><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3042<br>(a)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3044<br>(i)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3046<br>(u)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3048<br>(e)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u304a<br>(o)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">m<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u307e<br>(ma)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#7bdcb5\">\u307f<br>(mi)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3080<br>(mu)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3081<br>(me)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3082<br>(mo)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conjugation-e (lower one-step conjugation)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>This is a pattern where the conjugation ending is only in the &#8220;e&#8221; row. This can also be &#8220;ke&#8221; or &#8220;ne&#8221; etc. In this case, the vowel means &#8220;e&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are the conjugations of &#8220;\u5bdd(\u306d)\u308b (sleep)&#8221;.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u6d3b\u7528\u5f62(\u304b\u3064\u3088\u3046\u3051\u3044)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u8aac\u660e(\u305b\u3064\u3081\u3044)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u6d3b\u7528(\u304b\u3064\u3088\u3046)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u767a\u97f3(\u306f\u3064\u304a\u3093)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u82f1\u8a9e(\u3048\u3044\u3054)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:center\">\u672a\u7136\u5f62<br>(\u307f\u305c\u3093\u3051\u3044)<br>(imperfective form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u306a\u3044<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u5bdd(\u306d)<\/mark>\u306a\u3044<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ne na i<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">not sleep<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u3046 or \uff5e\u3088\u3046<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u5bdd(\u306d)<\/mark>\u3088\u3046<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ne yo u<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">let&#8217;s sleep<\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:center\">\u9023\u7528\u5f62<br>(\u308c\u3093\u3088\u3046\u3051\u3044)<br>(conjunctive form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u307e\u3059<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u5bdd(\u306d)<\/mark>\u307e\u3059<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ne ma su<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">sleep (polite)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u305f<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u5bdd(\u306d)<\/mark>\u305f<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ne ta<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">slept<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u7d42\u6b62\u5f62<br>(\u3057\u3085\u3046\u3057\u3051\u3044)<br>(dictionary form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u7d42\u6b62\u5f62<br>(\u3057\u3085\u3046\u3057\u3051\u3044)<br>(dictionary form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u5bdd(\u306d)<\/mark>\u308b<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ne ru<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">sleep<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u9023\u4f53\u5f62<br>(\u308c\u3093\u305f\u3044\u3051\u3044)<br>(attributive&nbsp;form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u3068\u304d<br>or<br>\uff5e\u308b\u3068\u304d<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u5bdd(\u306d)<\/mark>\u308b\u3068\u304d<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ne ru to ki<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">when sleep<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u4eee\u5b9a\u5f62<br>(\u304b\u3066\u3044\u3051\u3044)<br>(conditional form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u3070<br>or<br>\uff5e\u308c\u3070<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u5bdd(\u306d)<\/mark>\u308c\u3070<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ne re ba<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">if sleep<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u547d\u4ee4\u5f62<br>(\u3081\u3044\u308c\u3044\u3051\u3044)<br>(imperative form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u547d\u4ee4\u5f62<br>(\u3081\u3044\u308c\u3044\u3051\u3044)<br>(imperative form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u5bdd(\u306d)<\/mark>\u308d<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ne ro<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">sleep (command)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;\u5bdd(\u306d)\u308b (sleep)&#8221; is a pattern that is only conjugated in the &#8220;ne&#8221; row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\"><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">a<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">i<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">u<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">e<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">o<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\"><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3042<br>(a)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3044<br>(i)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3046<br>(u)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u3048<br>(e)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u304a<br>(o)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">n<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u306a<br>(na)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u306b<br>(ni)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u306c<br>(nu)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#7bdcb5\">\u306d<br>(ne)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u306e<br>(no)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conjugation-kuru (irregular conjugation of the ka-row)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>\u300c\u6765(\u304f)\u308b (come)\u300d\u30011\u8a9e\u3060\u3051\u3067\u3059\u3002<br>Just one word: &#8220;\u6765(\u304f)\u308b (come)&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4e0b\u306b\u300c\u6765(\u304f)\u308b (come)\u300d\u306e\u6d3b\u7528\u3092\u793a\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002<br>Below are the conjugations of &#8220;\u6765(\u304f)\u308b (come)&#8221;.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u6d3b\u7528\u5f62(\u304b\u3064\u3088\u3046\u3051\u3044)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u8aac\u660e(\u305b\u3064\u3081\u3044)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u6d3b\u7528(\u304b\u3064\u3088\u3046)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u767a\u97f3(\u306f\u3064\u304a\u3093)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u82f1\u8a9e(\u3048\u3044\u3054)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:center\">\u672a\u7136\u5f62<br>(\u307f\u305c\u3093\u3051\u3044)<br>(imperfective form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u306a\u3044<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u6765(\u3053)<\/mark>\u306a\u3044<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ko na i<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">not come<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u3046 or \uff5e\u3088\u3046<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u6765(\u3053)<\/mark><\/mark>\u3088\u3046<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ko yo u<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">let&#8217;s come<\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:center\">\u9023\u7528\u5f62<br>(\u308c\u3093\u3088\u3046\u3051\u3044)<br>(conjunctive form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u307e\u3059<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u6765(\u304d)<\/mark><\/mark>\u307e\u3059<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ki ma su<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">come (polite)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u305f<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u6765(\u304d)<\/mark><\/mark>\u305f<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ki ta<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">came<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u7d42\u6b62\u5f62<br>(\u3057\u3085\u3046\u3057\u3051\u3044)<br>(dictionary form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u7d42\u6b62\u5f62<br>(\u3057\u3085\u3046\u3057\u3051\u3044)<br>(dictionary form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u6765(\u304f)<\/mark><\/mark>\u308b<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ku ru<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">come<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u9023\u4f53\u5f62<br>(\u308c\u3093\u305f\u3044\u3051\u3044)<br>(attributive&nbsp;form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u3068\u304d<br>or<br>\uff5e\u308b\u3068\u304d<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u6765(\u304f)<\/mark><\/mark>\u308b\u3068\u304d<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ku ru to ki<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">when come<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u4eee\u5b9a\u5f62<br>(\u304b\u3066\u3044\u3051\u3044)<br>(conditional form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u3070<br>or<br>\uff5e\u308c\u3070<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u6765(\u304f)<\/mark><\/mark>\u308c\u3070<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ku re ba<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">if come<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u547d\u4ee4\u5f62<br>(\u3081\u3044\u308c\u3044\u3051\u3044)<br>(imperative form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u547d\u4ee4\u5f62<br>(\u3081\u3044\u308c\u3044\u3051\u3044)<br>(imperative form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u6765(\u3053)<\/mark><\/mark>\u3044<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">ko i<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">come (command)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conjugation-suru (irregular conjugation of the sa-row)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>Just &#8220;\u3059\u308b (do)&#8221; and &#8220;\uff5e\u3059\u308b (do ~)&#8221;. &#8220;Do&#8221; is, for example, &#8220;\u52c9\u5f37(\u3079\u3093\u304d\u3087\u3046)\u3059\u308b (do study)&#8221; and &#8220;\u884c\u52d5(\u3053\u3046\u3069\u3046)\u3059\u308b (do action)&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are the conjugations of &#8220;\u3059\u308b (do)&#8221;.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u6d3b\u7528\u5f62(\u304b\u3064\u3088\u3046\u3051\u3044)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u8aac\u660e(\u305b\u3064\u3081\u3044)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u6d3b\u7528(\u304b\u3064\u3088\u3046)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u767a\u97f3(\u306f\u3064\u304a\u3093)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#f78da7\">\u82f1\u8a9e(\u3048\u3044\u3054)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:center\">\u672a\u7136\u5f62<br>(\u307f\u305c\u3093\u3051\u3044)<br>(imperfective form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u306a\u3044<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u3057<\/mark>\u306a\u3044<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">shi na i<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">not do<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u3046 or \uff5e\u3088\u3046<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u3057<\/mark><\/mark><\/mark>\u3088\u3046<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">shi yo u<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">let&#8217;s do<\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:center\">\u9023\u7528\u5f62<br>(\u308c\u3093\u3088\u3046\u3051\u3044)<br>(conjunctive form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u307e\u3059<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u3057<\/mark><\/mark><\/mark>\u307e\u3059<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">shi ma su<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">do (polite)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u305f<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u3057<\/mark><\/mark><\/mark>\u305f<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">kshi ta<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">did<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u7d42\u6b62\u5f62<br>(\u3057\u3085\u3046\u3057\u3051\u3044)<br>(dictionary form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u7d42\u6b62\u5f62<br>(\u3057\u3085\u3046\u3057\u3051\u3044)<br>(dictionary form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u3059<\/mark><\/mark>\u308b<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">su ru<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">do<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u9023\u4f53\u5f62<br>(\u308c\u3093\u305f\u3044\u3051\u3044)<br>(attributive&nbsp;form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u3068\u304d<br>or<br>\uff5e\u308b\u3068\u304d<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u3059<\/mark><\/mark>\u308b\u3068\u304d<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">su ru to ki<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">when do<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u4eee\u5b9a\u5f62<br>(\u304b\u3066\u3044\u3051\u3044)<br>(conditional form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\uff5e\u3070<br>or<br>\uff5e\u308c\u3070<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u3059<\/mark><\/mark>\u308c\u3070<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">su re ba<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">if do<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u547d\u4ee4\u5f62<br>(\u3081\u3044\u308c\u3044\u3051\u3044)<br>(imperative form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">\u547d\u4ee4\u5f62<br>(\u3081\u3044\u308c\u3044\u3051\u3044)<br>(imperative form)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u3057<\/mark><\/mark>\u308d<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">shi ro<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\">do (command)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let me explain about Japanese verbs. Characteristics of verbs The main characteristics of verbs are shown below. The definitive form ends with the &#8220;u&#8221; row. This is the dictionary form. Some examples are shown below. Below that, the &#8220;u&#8221; row in Hiragana is shown. For a basic explanation of Hiragana and Katakana, please see Hiragana and Katakana. VerbEnglishPronunciation\u898b(\u307f)\u308bseemi ru\u805e(\u304d)\u304fhearki ku\u8a71(\u306f\u306a)\u3059speakha na su\u7b11(\u308f\u3089)\u3046laughwa ra u aiueo\u3042(a)\u3044(i)\u3046(u)\u3048(e)\u304a(o)k\u304b(ka)\u304d(ki)\u304f(ku)\u3051(ke)\u3053(ko)s\u3055(sa)\u3057(si(shi))\u3059(su)\u305b(se)\u305d(so)t\u305f(ta)\u3061(ti(chi))\u3064(tu(tsu))\u3066(te)\u3068(to)n\u306a(na)\u306b(ni)\u306c(nu)\u306d(ne)\u306e(no)h\u306f(ha)\u3072(hi)\u3075(hu)\u3078(he)\u307b(ho)m\u307e(ma)\u307f(mi)\u3080(mu)\u3081(me)\u3082(mo)y\u3084(ya)\u3086(yu)\u3088(yo)r\u3089(ra)\u308a(ri)\u308b(ru)\u308c(re)\u308d(ro)w\u308f(wa)\u3092(wo)n\u3093(n) Verbs in the &#8220;~ta&#8221; form refer to events that occurred in the past or that have led to the present. Below are some examples: \u52d5\u8a5e(\u3069\u3046\u3057)\u82f1\u8a9e(\u3048\u3044\u3054)\u767a\u97f3(\u306f\u3064\u304a\u3093)\u898b(\u307f)\u305fsawmi ta\u805e(\u304d)\u3044\u305fheardki i ta\u8a71(\u306f\u306a)\u3057\u305fspokeha na shi ta\u7b11(\u308f\u3089)\u3063\u305flaughedwa ra tta There are &#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/nihongo-no-benkyo.com\/?p=1442","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,20,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-eng","category-doc-eng","category-general-eng","en-US"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nihongo-no-benkyo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nihongo-no-benkyo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nihongo-no-benkyo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nihongo-no-benkyo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nihongo-no-benkyo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1585"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/nihongo-no-benkyo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1749,"href":"https:\/\/nihongo-no-benkyo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions\/1749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nihongo-no-benkyo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nihongo-no-benkyo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nihongo-no-benkyo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}