狙う

ねらうnerau

aim

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 出会う, 払う, 間違う

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狙いますねらいますneraimasu
    2. negative狙いませんねらいませんneraimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative狙いましたねらいましたneraimashita
    2. negative狙いませんでしたねらいませんでしたneraimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 狙ってねらってneratte
    2. request狙ってくださいねらってくださいneratte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 狙いましょうねらいましょうneraimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative狙いたいねらいたいneraitai
    2. negative狙いたくないねらいたくないneraitakunai
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狙うねらうnerau
    2. negative狙わないねらわないnerawanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative狙ったねらったneratta
    2. negative狙わなかったねらわなかったnerawanakatta

  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狙っているねらっているneratte iru
    2. polite狙っていますねらっていますneratte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain狙えるねらえるneraeru
    2. polite狙えますねらえますneraemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 狙ったらねらったらnerattara

  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狙われるねらわれるnerawareru
    2. polite狙われますねらわれますnerawaremasu
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. 狙おうねらおうneraō

  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狙えねらえnerae
    2. ban狙うなねらうなnerau 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狙えばねらえばneraeba
    2. negative狙わなければねらわなければnerawanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain狙わせるねらわせるnerawaseru
    2. polite狙わせますねらわせますnerawasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain狙わせられるねらわせられるnerawaserareru
    2. polite狙わせられますねらわせられますnerawaseraremasu