絞る

しぼるshiboru

squeeze

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 引っかかる, 余る, 収まる

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絞りますしぼりますshiborimasu
    2. negative絞りませんしぼりませんshiborimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative絞りましたしぼりましたshiborimashita
    2. negative絞りませんでしたしぼりませんでしたshiborimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 絞ってしぼってshibotte
    2. request絞ってくださいしぼってくださいshibotte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 絞りましょうしぼりましょうshiborimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative絞りたいしぼりたいshiboritai
    2. negative絞りたくないしぼりたくないshiboritakunai
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絞るしぼるshiboru
    2. negative絞らないしぼらないshiboranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative絞ったしぼったshibotta
    2. negative絞らなかったしぼらなかったshiboranakatta

  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絞っているしぼっているshibotte iru
    2. polite絞っていますしぼっていますshibotte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain絞れるしぼれるshiboreru
    2. polite絞れますしぼれますshiboremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 絞ったらしぼったらshibottara

  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絞られるしぼられるshiborareru
    2. polite絞られますしぼられますshiboraremasu
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. 絞ろうしぼろうshiborō

  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絞れしぼれshibore
    2. ban絞るなしぼるなshiboru 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絞ればしぼればshiboreba
    2. negative絞らなければしぼらなければshiboranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain絞らせるしぼらせるshiboraseru
    2. polite絞らせますしぼらせますshiborasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain絞らせられるしぼらせられるshiboraserareru
    2. polite絞らせられますしぼらせられますshiboraseraremasu