Conjugation

極める

きわめるkiwameru

master

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 老いる, 腫れる, おちゃらける

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極めますきわめますkiwamemasu
    2. negative極めませんきわめませんkiwamemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative極めましたきわめましたkiwamemashita
    2. negative極めませんでしたきわめませんでしたkiwamemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 極めてきわめてkiwamete
    2. request極めてくださいきわめてくださいkiwamete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 極めましょうきわめましょうkiwamemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative極めたいきわめたいkiwametai
    2. negative極めたくないきわめたくないkiwametakunai
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極めるきわめるkiwameru
    2. negative極めないきわめないkiwamenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative極めたきわめたkiwameta
    2. negative極めなかったきわめなかったkiwamenakatta

  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極めているきわめているkiwamete iru
    2. polite極めていますきわめていますkiwamete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain極められるきわめられるkiwamerareru
    2. polite極められますきわめられますkiwameraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 極めたらきわめたらkiwametara

  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極められるきわめられるkiwamerareru
    2. polite極められますきわめられますkiwameraremasu
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. 極めようきわめようkiwameyō

  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極めろきわめろkiwamero
    2. ban極めるなきわめるなkiwameru 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極めればきわめればkiwamereba
    2. negative極めなければきわめなければkiwamenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain極めさせるきわめさせるkiwamesaseru
    2. polite極めさせますきわめさせますkiwamesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain極めさせられるきわめさせられるkiwamesaserareru
    2. polite極めさせられますきわめさせられますkiwamesaseraremasu