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Japanese verb用いる (mochiiru) Conjugation
用いる (mochiiru) means “to use, to make use of, to utilize”. It is a る-verb (ichidan) verb. It is a る-verb (ichidan): drop the る and add the ending, so 用います, 用いない, 用いて. 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 use, to make use of, to utilize
- Type
- る-verb (ichidan)
- Dictionary form
- 用いる
- Reading
- もちいる
- Romaji
- mochiiru
- Masu form
- 用います
- Nai form
- 用いない
- Te-form
- 用いて
- Ta form
- 用いた
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 用いる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 用いない |
| Polite | 用います |
| Polite negative | 用いません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 用いた |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 用いなかった |
| Polite | 用いました |
| Polite negative | 用いませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 用いて |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 用いないで |
Progressive (-te iru)ている
| Plain | 用いている |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 用いていない |
| Polite | 用いています |
| Polite negative | 用いていません |
Wanting, inviting, telling
Want to (-tai)たい形
| Plain | 用いたい |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 用いたくない |
| Polite | 用いたいです |
| Polite negative | 用いたくないです |
Volitional意向形
| Plain | 用いよう |
|---|---|
| Polite | 用いましょう |
Imperative and requests命令形
| Plain command | 用いろ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative (don't) | 用いるな |
| Polite request (-te kudasai) | 用いてください |
| Polite negative (-naide kudasai) | 用いないでください |
Can and if
Potential可能形
| Plain | 用いられる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 用いられない |
| Polite | 用いられます |
| Polite negative | 用いられません |
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 用いれば |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 用いなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 用いたら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 用いなかったら |
Passive and causative
Passive受身形
| Plain | 用いられる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 用いられない |
| Polite | 用いられます |
| Polite negative | 用いられません |
Causative使役形
| Plain | 用いさせる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 用いさせない |
| Polite | 用いさせます |
| Polite negative | 用いさせません |
Causative passive使役受身形
| Plain | 用いさせられる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 用いさせられない |
| Polite | 用いさせられます |
| Polite negative | 用いさせられません |
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 倒す (taosu)to throw down, to bring down, to blow down
- 逃れる (nogareru)to escape
- 報じる (houjiru)to report, to inform
- 名高い (nadakai)famous, noted, renowned
- 名乗る (nanoru)to give one's name, to introduce oneself
- 命じる (meijiru)to order, to command
- 浴びせる (abiseru)to pour on
- 備わる (sonawaru)to be furnished with
- 激しい (hageshii)violent, furious, tempestuous
- 思い起こす (omoiokosu)to recall, to remember
- 待たす (matasu)to keep waiting
- 利かせる (kikaseru)to bring out, to put to good use, to make use of
About these tables
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