敬う

うやまうuyamau

respect

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 言い合う, 取り行う, 助け合う

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敬いますうやまいますuyamaimasu
    2. negative敬いませんうやまいませんuyamaimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative敬いましたうやまいましたuyamaimashita
    2. negative敬いませんでしたうやまいませんでしたuyamaimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 敬ってうやまってuyamatte
    2. request敬ってくださいうやまってくださいuyamatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 敬いましょううやまいましょうuyamaimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative敬いたいうやまいたいuyamaitai
    2. negative敬いたくないうやまいたくないuyamaitakunai
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敬ううやまうuyamau
    2. negative敬わないうやまわないuyamawanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative敬ったうやまったuyamatta
    2. negative敬わなかったうやまわなかったuyamawanakatta

  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敬っているうやまっているuyamatte iru
    2. polite敬っていますうやまっていますuyamatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain敬えるうやまえるuyamaeru
    2. polite敬えますうやまえますuyamaemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 敬ったらうやまったらuyamattara

  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敬われるうやまわれるuyamawareru
    2. polite敬われますうやまわれますuyamawaremasu
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. 敬おううやまおうuyamaō

  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敬えうやまえuyamae
    2. ban敬うなうやまうなuyamau 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敬えばうやまえばuyamaeba
    2. negative敬わなければうやまわなければuyamawanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain敬わせるうやまわせるuyamawaseru
    2. polite敬わせますうやまわせますuyamawasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain敬わせられるうやまわせられるuyamawaserareru
    2. polite敬わせられますうやまわせられますuyamawaseraremasu