導く

みちびくmichibiku

guide

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, はじく, 築く, 追いつく

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導きますみちびきますmichibikimasu
    2. negative導きませんみちびきませんmichibikimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative導きましたみちびきましたmichibikimashita
    2. negative導きませんでしたみちびきませんでしたmichibikimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 導いてみちびいてmichibiite
    2. request導いてくださいみちびいてくださいmichibiite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 導きましょうみちびきましょうmichibikimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative導きたいみちびきたいmichibikitai
    2. negative導きたくないみちびきたくないmichibikitakunai
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導くみちびくmichibiku
    2. negative導かないみちびかないmichibikanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative導いたみちびいたmichibiita
    2. negative導かなかったみちびかなかったmichibikanakatta

  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導いているみちびいているmichibiite iru
    2. polite導いていますみちびいていますmichibiite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain導けるみちびけるmichibikeru
    2. polite導けますみちびけますmichibikemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 導いたらみちびいたらmichibiitara

  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導かれるみちびかれるmichibikareru
    2. polite導かれますみちびかれますmichibikaremasu
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. 導こうみちびこうmichibikō

  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導けみちびけmichibike
    2. ban導くなみちびくなmichibiku 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導けばみちびけばmichibikeba
    2. negative導かなければみちびかなければmichibikanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain導かせるみちびかせるmichibikaseru
    2. polite導かせますみちびかせますmichibikasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain導かせられるみちびかせられるmichibikaserareru
    2. polite導かせられますみちびかせられますmichibikaseraremasu