頼る

たよるtayoru

rely on

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 掘る, いじる, たどる

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頼りますたよりますtayorimasu
    2. negative頼りませんたよりませんtayorimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative頼りましたたよりましたtayorimashita
    2. negative頼りませんでしたたよりませんでしたtayorimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 頼ってたよってtayotte
    2. request頼ってくださいたよってくださいtayotte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 頼りましょうたよりましょうtayorimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative頼りたいたよりたいtayoritai
    2. negative頼りたくないたよりたくないtayoritakunai
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頼るたよるtayoru
    2. negative頼らないたよらないtayoranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative頼ったたよったtayotta
    2. negative頼らなかったたよらなかったtayoranakatta

  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頼っているたよっているtayotte iru
    2. polite頼っていますたよっていますtayotte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain頼れるたよれるtayoreru
    2. polite頼れますたよれますtayoremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 頼ったらたよったらtayottara

  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頼られるたよられるtayorareru
    2. polite頼られますたよられますtayoraremasu
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. 頼ろうたよろうtayorō

  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頼れたよれtayore
    2. ban頼るなたよるなtayoru 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頼ればたよればtayoreba
    2. negative頼らなければたよらなければtayoranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain頼らせるたよらせるtayoraseru
    2. polite頼らせますたよらせますtayorasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain頼らせられるたよらせられるtayoraserareru
    2. polite頼らせられますたよらせられますtayoraseraremasu