光る

ひかるhikaru

shine

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 太る, 盛り上がる, 握る

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光りますひかりますhikarimasu
    2. negative光りませんひかりませんhikarimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative光りましたひかりましたhikarimashita
    2. negative光りませんでしたひかりませんでしたhikarimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 光ってひかってhikatte
    2. request光ってくださいひかってくださいhikatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 光りましょうひかりましょうhikarimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative光りたいひかりたいhikaritai
    2. negative光りたくないひかりたくないhikaritakunai
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光るひかるhikaru
    2. negative光らないひからないhikaranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative光ったひかったhikatta
    2. negative光らなかったひからなかったhikaranakatta

  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光っているひかっているhikatte iru
    2. polite光っていますひかっていますhikatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain光れるひかれるhikareru
    2. polite光れますひかれますhikaremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 光ったらひかったらhikattara

  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光られるひかられるhikarareru
    2. polite光られますひかられますhikararemasu
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. 光ろうひかろうhikarō

  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光れひかれhikare
    2. ban光るなひかるなhikaru 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光ればひかればhikareba
    2. negative光らなければひからなければhikaranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain光らせるひからせるhikaraseru
    2. polite光らせますひからせますhikarasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain光らせられるひからせられるhikaraserareru
    2. polite光らせられますひからせられますhikaraseraremasu