苦しめる

くるしめるkurushimeru

torment

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 染める, 冷える, 押さえる

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苦しめますくるしめますkurushimemasu
    2. negative苦しめませんくるしめませんkurushimemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative苦しめましたくるしめましたkurushimemashita
    2. negative苦しめませんでしたくるしめませんでしたkurushimemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 苦しめてくるしめてkurushimete
    2. request苦しめてくださいくるしめてくださいkurushimete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 苦しめましょうくるしめましょうkurushimemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative苦しめたいくるしめたいkurushimetai
    2. negative苦しめたくないくるしめたくないkurushimetakunai
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苦しめるくるしめるkurushimeru
    2. negative苦しめないくるしめないkurushimenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative苦しめたくるしめたkurushimeta
    2. negative苦しめなかったくるしめなかったkurushimenakatta

  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苦しめているくるしめているkurushimete iru
    2. polite苦しめていますくるしめていますkurushimete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain苦しめられるくるしめられるkurushimerareru
    2. polite苦しめられますくるしめられますkurushimeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 苦しめたらくるしめたらkurushimetara

  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苦しめられるくるしめられるkurushimerareru
    2. polite苦しめられますくるしめられますkurushimeraremasu
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. 苦しめようくるしめようkurushimeyō

  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苦しめろくるしめろkurushimero
    2. ban苦しめるなくるしめるなkurushimeru 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苦しめればくるしめればkurushimereba
    2. negative苦しめなければくるしめなければkurushimenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain苦しめさせるくるしめさせるkurushimesaseru
    2. polite苦しめさせますくるしめさせますkurushimesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain苦しめさせられるくるしめさせられるkurushimesaserareru
    2. polite苦しめさせられますくるしめさせられますkurushimesaseraremasu