告白する

こくはくするkokuhaku suru

confess one's love

Irregular verb, group 3, noun + する.

Conjugated like する, 勉強する, 注文する, 反省する, 同意する, 営業する

  • Like する

    告白する conjugates like する: only する changes, and its potential is 告白できる.

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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告白しますこくはくしますkokuhaku shimasu
    2. negative告白しませんこくはくしませんkokuhaku shimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative告白しましたこくはくしましたkokuhaku shimashita
    2. negative告白しませんでしたこくはくしませんでしたkokuhaku shimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 告白してこくはくしてkokuhaku shite
    2. request告白してくださいこくはくしてくださいkokuhaku shite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 告白しましょうこくはくしましょうkokuhaku shimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative告白したいこくはくしたいkokuhaku shitai
    2. negative告白したくないこくはくしたくないkokuhaku shitakunai
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告白するこくはくするkokuhaku suru
    2. negative告白しないこくはくしないkokuhaku shinai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative告白したこくはくしたkokuhaku shita
    2. negative告白しなかったこくはくしなかったkokuhaku shinakatta

  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告白しているこくはくしているkokuhaku shite iru
    2. polite告白していますこくはくしていますkokuhaku shite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain告白できるこくはくできるkokuhaku dekiru
    2. polite告白できますこくはくできますkokuhaku dekimasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 告白したらこくはくしたらkokuhaku shitara

  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告白されるこくはくされるkokuhaku sareru
    2. polite告白されますこくはくされますkokuhaku saremasu
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. 告白しようこくはくしようkokuhaku shiyō

  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告白しろこくはくしろkokuhaku shiro
    2. ban告白するなこくはくするなkokuhaku suru 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告白すればこくはくすればkokuhaku sureba
    2. negative告白しなければこくはくしなければkokuhaku shinakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain告白させるこくはくさせるkokuhaku saseru
    2. polite告白させますこくはくさせますkokuhaku sasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain告白させられるこくはくさせられるkokuhaku saserareru
    2. polite告白させられますこくはくさせられますkokuhaku saseraremasu