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Japanese verb枯れる (kareru) Conjugation
枯れる (kareru) means “to wither, to be blasted, to die”. It is a る-verb (ichidan) verb. It is a る-verb (ichidan): drop the る and add the ending, so 枯れます, 枯れない, 枯れて. 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
- to wither, to be blasted, to die
- Type
- る-verb (ichidan)
- Dictionary form
- 枯れる
- Reading
- かれる
- Romaji
- kareru
- Masu form
- 枯れます
- Nai form
- 枯れない
- Te-form
- 枯れて
- Ta form
- 枯れた
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 枯れる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 枯れない |
| Polite | 枯れます |
| Polite negative | 枯れません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 枯れた |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 枯れなかった |
| Polite | 枯れました |
| Polite negative | 枯れませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 枯れて |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 枯れないで |
Progressive (-te iru)ている
| Plain | 枯れている |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 枯れていない |
| Polite | 枯れています |
| Polite negative | 枯れていません |
Wanting, inviting, telling
Want to (-tai)たい形
| Plain | 枯れたい |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 枯れたくない |
| Polite | 枯れたいです |
| Polite negative | 枯れたくないです |
Volitional意向形
| Plain | 枯れよう |
|---|---|
| Polite | 枯れましょう |
Imperative and requests命令形
| Plain command | 枯れろ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative (don't) | 枯れるな |
| Polite request (-te kudasai) | 枯れてください |
| Polite negative (-naide kudasai) | 枯れないでください |
Can and if
Potential可能形
| Plain | 枯れられる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 枯れられない |
| Polite | 枯れられます |
| Polite negative | 枯れられません |
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 枯れれば |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 枯れなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 枯れたら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 枯れなかったら |
Passive and causative
Passive受身形
| Plain | 枯れられる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 枯れられない |
| Polite | 枯れられます |
| Polite negative | 枯れられません |
Causative使役形
| Plain | 枯れさせる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 枯れさせない |
| Polite | 枯れさせます |
| Polite negative | 枯れさせません |
Causative passive使役受身形
| Plain | 枯れさせられる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 枯れさせられない |
| Polite | 枯れさせられます |
| Polite negative | 枯れさせられません |
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- がんばる (ganbaru)to persevere, to persist, to keep at it
- 駆ける (kakeru)to run, to dash, to race
- 結びつく (musubitsuku)to be related
- かねる (kaneru)to be unable to, to find difficult to do
- 見受ける (miukeru)to catch sight of, to see, to suppose
- 言うまでもない (iumademonai)goes without saying, needless to say, obvious
- 差し控える (sashihikaeru)to be moderate in
- 持ち出す (mochidasu)to take out
- 取り消す (torikesu)to cancel, to withdraw, to retract
- 手痛い (teitai)severe, hard
- 食い込む (kuikomu)to bite into, to cut into, to dig into
- 深い (fukai)deep
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