← All Japanese verbs and adjectives
Japanese verb推す (osu) Conjugation
推す (osu) means “to recommend, to endorse, to nominate”. It is a う-verb (godan) verb. It is an う-verb (godan): the last sound changes, 推さない and 推します, and the te-form is 推して. 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 recommend, to endorse, to nominate
- Type
- う-verb (godan)
- Dictionary form
- 推す
- Reading
- おす
- Romaji
- osu
- Masu form
- 推します
- Nai form
- 推さない
- Te-form
- 推して
- Ta form
- 推した
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 推す |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 推さない |
| Polite | 推します |
| Polite negative | 推しません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 推した |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 推さなかった |
| Polite | 推しました |
| Polite negative | 推しませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 推して |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 推さないで |
Progressive (-te iru)ている
| Plain | 推している |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 推していない |
| Polite | 推しています |
| Polite negative | 推していません |
Wanting, inviting, telling
Want to (-tai)たい形
| Plain | 推したい |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 推したくない |
| Polite | 推したいです |
| Polite negative | 推したくないです |
Volitional意向形
| Plain | 推そう |
|---|---|
| Polite | 推しましょう |
Imperative and requests命令形
| Plain command | 推せ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative (don't) | 推すな |
| Polite request (-te kudasai) | 推してください |
| Polite negative (-naide kudasai) | 推さないでください |
Can and if
Potential可能形
| Plain | 推せる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 推せない |
| Polite | 推せます |
| Polite negative | 推せません |
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 推せば |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 推さなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 推したら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 推さなかったら |
Passive and causative
Passive受身形
| Plain | 推される |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 推されない |
| Polite | 推されます |
| Polite negative | 推されません |
Causative使役形
| Plain | 推させる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 推させない |
| Polite | 推させます |
| Polite negative | 推させません |
Causative passive使役受身形
| Plain | 推させられる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 推させられない |
| Polite | 推させられます |
| Polite negative | 推させられません |
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 彩る (irodoru)to colour, to color, to paint
- 取り込む (torikomu)to take in, to bring in, to adopt
- 手堅い (tegatai)sound, sure, safe
- めぐり合う (meguriau)to meet fortuitously
- 振り切る (furikiru)to shake off, to shake free from
- 申す (mousu)to say, to be called
- 生み出す (umidasu)to create, to bring forth, to produce
- 積み込む (tsumikomu)to load, to put on board, to stow aboard
- 装う (yosoou)to dress, to attire oneself in, to adorn
- 待ち構える (machikamaeru)to lie in wait, to be on the watch, to wait
- 眺める (nagameru)to look at, to gaze at, to watch
- 飛ぶ (tobu)to fly, to soar
About these tables
The forms are built from Wiktionary's conjugation tables, and they are the ones the Japanese verb conjugation worksheet generator prints, so a chart or answer key made there matches this page. That page explains how the forms were checked.
Print this verb chart opens 推す (osu) on the worksheet preview with every form filled in, ready to print on A4 or US Letter or save as PDF. To practice it with other verbs and adjectives, the generator also makes blank conjugation boxes and quick quizzes with answer keys. To practice online instead, the Japanese verb conjugation quiz marks each form as you type it.
Verbs, adjectives and their meanings come from JMdict, the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used in conformance with the Group's licence. The forms are built by the standard rules, with the irregular ones written out.