嫌う

きらうkirau

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Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 誘う, 叶う, 追う

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嫌いますきらいますkiraimasu
    2. negative嫌いませんきらいませんkiraimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative嫌いましたきらいましたkiraimashita
    2. negative嫌いませんでしたきらいませんでしたkiraimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 嫌ってきらってkiratte
    2. request嫌ってくださいきらってくださいkiratte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 嫌いましょうきらいましょうkiraimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative嫌いたいきらいたいkiraitai
    2. negative嫌いたくないきらいたくないkiraitakunai
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嫌うきらうkirau
    2. negative嫌わないきらわないkirawanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative嫌ったきらったkiratta
    2. negative嫌わなかったきらわなかったkirawanakatta

  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嫌っているきらっているkiratte iru
    2. polite嫌っていますきらっていますkiratte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain嫌えるきらえるkiraeru
    2. polite嫌えますきらえますkiraemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 嫌ったらきらったらkirattara

  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嫌われるきらわれるkirawareru
    2. polite嫌われますきらわれますkirawaremasu
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. 嫌おうきらおうkiraō

  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嫌えきらえkirae
    2. ban嫌うなきらうなkirau 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嫌えばきらえばkiraeba
    2. negative嫌わなければきらわなければkirawanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain嫌わせるきらわせるkirawaseru
    2. polite嫌わせますきらわせますkirawasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain嫌わせられるきらわせられるkirawaserareru
    2. polite嫌わせられますきらわせられますkirawaseraremasu