Conjugation

減らす

へらすherasu

reduce

Godan verb, group 1, ending -su.

Conjugated like 出す, 探す, 話す, 満たす, 押す, 増やす

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減らしますへらしますherashimasu
    2. negative減らしませんへらしませんherashimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative減らしましたへらしましたherashimashita
    2. negative減らしませんでしたへらしませんでしたherashimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 減らしてへらしてherashite
    2. request減らしてくださいへらしてくださいherashite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 減らしましょうへらしましょうherashimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative減らしたいへらしたいherashitai
    2. negative減らしたくないへらしたくないherashitakunai
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減らすへらすherasu
    2. negative減らさないへらさないherasanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative減らしたへらしたherashita
    2. negative減らさなかったへらさなかったherasanakatta

  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減らしているへらしているherashite iru
    2. polite減らしていますへらしていますherashite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain減らせるへらせるheraseru
    2. polite減らせますへらせますherasemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 減らしたらへらしたらherashitara

  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減らされるへらされるherasareru
    2. polite減らされますへらされますherasaremasu
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. 減らそうへらそうherasō

  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減らせへらせherase
    2. ban減らすなへらすなherasu 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減らせばへらせばheraseba
    2. negative減らさなければへらさなければherasanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain減らさせるへらさせるherasaseru
    2. polite減らさせますへらさせますherasasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain減らさせられるへらさせられるherasaserareru
    2. polite減らさせられますへらさせられますherasaseraremasu