くすぐる

kusuguru

tickle

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 歩き回る, 飛び回る, 摂る

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmativeくすぐりますkusugurimasu
    2. negativeくすぐりませんkusugurimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmativeくすぐりましたkusugurimashita
    2. negativeくすぐりませんでしたkusugurimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. くすぐってkusugutte
    2. requestくすぐってくださいkusugutte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. くすぐりましょうkusugurimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmativeくすぐりたいkusuguritai
    2. negativeくすぐりたくないkusuguritakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmativeくすぐるkusuguru
    2. negativeくすぐらないkusuguranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmativeくすぐったkusugutta
    2. negativeくすぐらなかったkusuguranakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plainくすぐっているkusugutte iru
    2. politeくすぐっていますkusugutte imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plainくすぐれるkusugureru
    2. politeくすぐれますkusuguremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. くすぐったらkusuguttara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plainくすぐられるkusugurareru
    2. politeくすぐられますkusuguraremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passiveAlso show the Intermediate forms (5)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. くすぐろうkusugurō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. orderくすぐれkusugure
    2. banくすぐるなkusuguru na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmativeくすぐればkusugureba
    2. negativeくすぐらなければkusuguranakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plainくすぐらせるkusuguraseru
    2. politeくすぐらせますkusugurasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plainくすぐらせられるkusuguraserareru
    2. politeくすぐらせられますkusuguraseraremasu