Conjugation

弱める

よわめるyowameru

soften

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 押さえる, 泊める, ばれる

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弱めますよわめますyowamemasu
    2. negative弱めませんよわめませんyowamemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative弱めましたよわめましたyowamemashita
    2. negative弱めませんでしたよわめませんでしたyowamemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 弱めてよわめてyowamete
    2. request弱めてくださいよわめてくださいyowamete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 弱めましょうよわめましょうyowamemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative弱めたいよわめたいyowametai
    2. negative弱めたくないよわめたくないyowametakunai
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弱めるよわめるyowameru
    2. negative弱めないよわめないyowamenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative弱めたよわめたyowameta
    2. negative弱めなかったよわめなかったyowamenakatta

  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弱めているよわめているyowamete iru
    2. polite弱めていますよわめていますyowamete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain弱められるよわめられるyowamerareru
    2. polite弱められますよわめられますyowameraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 弱めたらよわめたらyowametara

  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弱められるよわめられるyowamerareru
    2. polite弱められますよわめられますyowameraremasu
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. 弱めようよわめようyowameyō

  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弱めろよわめろyowamero
    2. ban弱めるなよわめるなyowameru 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弱めればよわめればyowamereba
    2. negative弱めなければよわめなければyowamenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain弱めさせるよわめさせるyowamesaseru
    2. polite弱めさせますよわめさせますyowamesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain弱めさせられるよわめさせられるyowamesaserareru
    2. polite弱めさせられますよわめさせられますyowamesaseraremasu