要る

いるiru

need

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like 分かる

  • Godan, not ichidan

    It ends in -iru or -eru, but it is a godan verb: 要ります, 要らない.

  • No potential

    要る already says an ability or a state: it has no potential form.

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要りますいりますirimasu
    2. negative要りませんいりませんirimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative要りましたいりましたirimashita
    2. negative要りませんでしたいりませんでしたirimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 要っていってitte
    2. request要ってくださいいってくださいitte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 要りましょういりましょうirimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative要りたいいりたいiritai
    2. negative要りたくないいりたくないiritakunai
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 · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (5)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmative要るいるiru
    2. negative要らないいらないiranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative要ったいったitta
    2. negative要らなかったいらなかったiranakatta

  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要っているいっているitte iru
    2. polite要っていますいっていますitte imasu

  4. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 要ったらいったらittara

  5. 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要られるいられるirareru
    2. polite要られますいられますiraremasu
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. 要ろういろうirō

  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要れいれire
    2. ban要るないるなiru 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要ればいればireba
    2. negative要らなければいらなければiranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain要らせるいらせるiraseru
    2. polite要らせますいらせますirasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain要らせられるいらせられるiraserareru
    2. polite要らせられますいらせられますiraseraremasu