切る

きるkiru

cut

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 困る, 走る, 異なる

  • Godan, not ichidan

    It ends in -iru or -eru, but it is a godan verb: 切ります, 切らない.

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切りますきりますkirimasu
    2. negative切りませんきりませんkirimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative切りましたきりましたkirimashita
    2. negative切りませんでしたきりませんでしたkirimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 切ってきってkitte
    2. request切ってくださいきってくださいkitte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 切りましょうきりましょうkirimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative切りたいきりたいkiritai
    2. negative切りたくないきりたくないkiritakunai
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切るきるkiru
    2. negative切らないきらないkiranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative切ったきったkitta
    2. negative切らなかったきらなかったkiranakatta

  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切っているきっているkitte iru
    2. polite切っていますきっていますkitte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain切れるきれるkireru
    2. polite切れますきれますkiremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 切ったらきったらkittara

  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切られるきられるkirareru
    2. polite切られますきられますkiraremasu
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. 切ろうきろうkirō

  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切れきれkire
    2. ban切るなきるなkiru 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切ればきればkireba
    2. negative切らなければきらなければkiranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain切らせるきらせるkiraseru
    2. polite切らせますきらせますkirasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain切らせられるきらせられるkiraserareru
    2. polite切らせられますきらせられますkiraseraremasu