向き合う

むきあうmukiau

face

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 背負う, 習う, 呪う

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向き合いますむきあいますmukiaimasu
    2. negative向き合いませんむきあいませんmukiaimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative向き合いましたむきあいましたmukiaimashita
    2. negative向き合いませんでしたむきあいませんでしたmukiaimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 向き合ってむきあってmukiatte
    2. request向き合ってくださいむきあってくださいmukiatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 向き合いましょうむきあいましょうmukiaimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative向き合いたいむきあいたいmukiaitai
    2. negative向き合いたくないむきあいたくないmukiaitakunai
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向き合うむきあうmukiau
    2. negative向き合わないむきあわないmukiawanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative向き合ったむきあったmukiatta
    2. negative向き合わなかったむきあわなかったmukiawanakatta

  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向き合っているむきあっているmukiatte iru
    2. polite向き合っていますむきあっていますmukiatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain向き合えるむきあえるmukiaeru
    2. polite向き合えますむきあえますmukiaemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 向き合ったらむきあったらmukiattara

  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向き合われるむきあわれるmukiawareru
    2. polite向き合われますむきあわれますmukiawaremasu
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. 向き合おうむきあおうmukiaō

  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向き合えむきあえmukiae
    2. ban向き合うなむきあうなmukiau 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向き合えばむきあえばmukiaeba
    2. negative向き合わなければむきあわなければmukiawanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain向き合わせるむきあわせるmukiawaseru
    2. polite向き合わせますむきあわせますmukiawasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain向き合わせられるむきあわせられるmukiawaserareru
    2. polite向き合わせられますむきあわせられますmukiawaseraremasu