Tables for Conjugating Japanese Verbs

by Paul Burchard

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Intermediate Endings

Form (*) Regular Verbs Irregular Verbs
[I] [II] kuru suru [d] [D]
Potential 7 -e-[I]
Passive 3 -rare-[I] -are-[I] korare-[I] sare-[I]
Causative/Permissive 3 -sase-[I] -ase-[I] kosase-[I] sase-[I]
Passive Causative 3 -sare-[I] -asare-[I]
Progressive 2 -te i-[I] -te i-[I] kite i-[I] shite i-[I]
Polite 1,5 -mas-[II] -imas-[II] kimas-[II] shimas-[II]
Negative 3,5 -na-[A] -ana-[A] kona-[A] shina-[A] ja na-[A] dewa arimasen [D]
Polite Negative 1,5 -masen [D] -imasen [D] kimasen [D] shimasen [D]
Desiderative 1 -ta-[A] -ita-[A] kita-[A] shita-[A]

Terminal Endings

Form (*) Regular Verbs Irregular Verbs Adjectives
[I] [II] kuru suru [d] [D] [A]
Present/ Attributive 1 -ru -u kuru suru da desu -i
-na
Past / Present Perfect 2 -ta -ta kita shita datta deshita -katta
Future / Probable Present 3 -you -ou kiyou shiyou darou deshou -karou
1 -ru deshou -u deshou -i deshou
Probable Past 2 -tarou -tarou kitarou shitarou -kattarou
-ta deshou -ta deshou kita deshou shita deshou -katta deshou
Present Conditional 8 -reba -eba kureba sureba nara nareba -kereba
-i nara(ba)
Past Conditional 2 -tara -tara kitara shitara dattara deshitara -kattara
Gerund / Conjunctive 2 -te -te kite shite de de -kute
deshite -i de
Noun Form 1 - -i ki shi -sa
Pronoun Form 1 -ru no -u no -i no
Predicative / Adverbial -ku
4 -u (with gozaru)
-i (with desu)