限る

かぎるkagiru

limit

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 関わる, 守る, 語る

  • Godan, not ichidan

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

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限りますかぎりますkagirimasu
    2. negative限りませんかぎりませんkagirimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative限りましたかぎりましたkagirimashita
    2. negative限りませんでしたかぎりませんでしたkagirimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 限ってかぎってkagitte
    2. request限ってくださいかぎってくださいkagitte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 限りましょうかぎりましょうkagirimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative限りたいかぎりたいkagiritai
    2. negative限りたくないかぎりたくないkagiritakunai
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限るかぎるkagiru
    2. negative限らないかぎらないkagiranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative限ったかぎったkagitta
    2. negative限らなかったかぎらなかったkagiranakatta

  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限っているかぎっているkagitte iru
    2. polite限っていますかぎっていますkagitte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain限れるかぎれるkagireru
    2. polite限れますかぎれますkagiremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 限ったらかぎったらkagittara

  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限られるかぎられるkagirareru
    2. polite限られますかぎられますkagiraremasu
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. 限ろうかぎろうkagirō

  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限れかぎれkagire
    2. ban限るなかぎるなkagiru 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限ればかぎればkagireba
    2. negative限らなければかぎらなければkagiranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain限らせるかぎらせるkagiraseru
    2. polite限らせますかぎらせますkagirasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain限らせられるかぎらせられるkagiraserareru
    2. polite限らせられますかぎらせられますkagiraseraremasu