Conjugation

恐れる

おそれるosoreru

fear

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 投げる, 植える, 冷める

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恐れますおそれますosoremasu
    2. negative恐れませんおそれませんosoremasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative恐れましたおそれましたosoremashita
    2. negative恐れませんでしたおそれませんでしたosoremasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 恐れておそれてosorete
    2. request恐れてくださいおそれてくださいosorete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 恐れましょうおそれましょうosoremashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative恐れたいおそれたいosoretai
    2. negative恐れたくないおそれたくないosoretakunai
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恐れるおそれるosoreru
    2. negative恐れないおそれないosorenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative恐れたおそれたosoreta
    2. negative恐れなかったおそれなかったosorenakatta

  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恐れているおそれているosorete iru
    2. polite恐れていますおそれていますosorete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain恐れられるおそれられるosorerareru
    2. polite恐れられますおそれられますosoreraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 恐れたらおそれたらosoretara

  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恐れられるおそれられるosorerareru
    2. polite恐れられますおそれられますosoreraremasu
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. 恐れようおそれようosoreyō

  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恐れろおそれろosorero
    2. ban恐れるなおそれるなosoreru 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恐れればおそれればosorereba
    2. negative恐れなければおそれなければosorenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain恐れさせるおそれさせるosoresaseru
    2. polite恐れさせますおそれさせますosoresasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain恐れさせられるおそれさせられるosoresaserareru
    2. polite恐れさせられますおそれさせられますosoresaseraremasu