押さえる

おさえるosaeru

hold down

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 冷える, 苦しめる, 泊める

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押さえますおさえますosaemasu
    2. negative押さえませんおさえませんosaemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative押さえましたおさえましたosaemashita
    2. negative押さえませんでしたおさえませんでしたosaemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 押さえておさえてosaete
    2. request押さえてくださいおさえてくださいosaete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 押さえましょうおさえましょうosaemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative押さえたいおさえたいosaetai
    2. negative押さえたくないおさえたくないosaetakunai
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押さえるおさえるosaeru
    2. negative押さえないおさえないosaenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative押さえたおさえたosaeta
    2. negative押さえなかったおさえなかったosaenakatta

  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押さえているおさえているosaete iru
    2. polite押さえていますおさえていますosaete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain押さえられるおさえられるosaerareru
    2. polite押さえられますおさえられますosaeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 押さえたらおさえたらosaetara

  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押さえられるおさえられるosaerareru
    2. polite押さえられますおさえられますosaeraremasu
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. 押さえようおさえようosaeyō

  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押さえろおさえろosaero
    2. ban押さえるなおさえるなosaeru 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押さえればおさえればosaereba
    2. negative押さえなければおさえなければosaenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain押さえさせるおさえさせるosaesaseru
    2. polite押さえさせますおさえさせますosaesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain押さえさせられるおさえさせられるosaesaserareru
    2. polite押さえさせられますおさえさせられますosaesaseraremasu