隠す

かくすkakusu

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Godan verb, group 1, ending -su.

Conjugated like 出す, 探す, 話す, 壊す, 通す, 生かす

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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隠しますかくしますkakushimasu
    2. negative隠しませんかくしませんkakushimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative隠しましたかくしましたkakushimashita
    2. negative隠しませんでしたかくしませんでしたkakushimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 隠してかくしてkakushite
    2. request隠してくださいかくしてくださいkakushite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 隠しましょうかくしましょうkakushimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative隠したいかくしたいkakushitai
    2. negative隠したくないかくしたくないkakushitakunai
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隠すかくすkakusu
    2. negative隠さないかくさないkakusanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative隠したかくしたkakushita
    2. negative隠さなかったかくさなかったkakusanakatta

  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隠しているかくしているkakushite iru
    2. polite隠していますかくしていますkakushite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain隠せるかくせるkakuseru
    2. polite隠せますかくせますkakusemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 隠したらかくしたらkakushitara

  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隠されるかくされるkakusareru
    2. polite隠されますかくされますkakusaremasu
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. 隠そうかくそうkakusō

  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隠せかくせkakuse
    2. ban隠すなかくすなkakusu 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隠せばかくせばkakuseba
    2. negative隠さなければかくさなければkakusanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain隠させるかくさせるkakusaseru
    2. polite隠させますかくさせますkakusasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain隠させられるかくさせられるkakusaserareru
    2. polite隠させられますかくさせられますkakusaseraremasu