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Japanese verb直 (jiki) Conjugation
直 (jiki) means “soon, in a moment, before long”. It is a な-adjective verb. It is a な-adjective: it takes な before a noun (直な) and だ or です after it, so 直だ, 直でした, 直に. 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
- soon, in a moment, before long
- Type
- な-adjective
- Dictionary form
- 直
- Reading
- じき
- Romaji
- jiki
- Negative
- 直じゃない
- Past
- 直だった
- Te-form
- 直で
- Adverb
- 直に
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 直だ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 直じゃない / 直ではない |
| Polite | 直です |
| Polite negative | 直じゃありません / 直ではありません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 直だった |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 直じゃなかった / 直ではなかった |
| Polite | 直でした |
| Polite negative | 直じゃありませんでした / 直ではありませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 直で |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 直じゃなくて / 直ではなくて |
Can and if
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 直なら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 直でなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 直だったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 直じゃなかったら / 直ではなかったら |
Adjectives
Adverb (adjectives)連用形
| Adverb | 直に |
|---|
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- 抑える (osaeru)to keep within limits, to restrain, to control
About these tables
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