Conjugation

目指す

めざすmezasu

aim for

Godan verb, group 1, ending -su.

Conjugated like 出す, 探す, 話す, 思い出す, 残す, 殺す

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目指しますめざしますmezashimasu
    2. negative目指しませんめざしませんmezashimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative目指しましためざしましたmezashimashita
    2. negative目指しませんでしためざしませんでしたmezashimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 目指してめざしてmezashite
    2. request目指してくださいめざしてくださいmezashite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 目指しましょうめざしましょうmezashimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative目指したいめざしたいmezashitai
    2. negative目指したくないめざしたくないmezashitakunai
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目指すめざすmezasu
    2. negative目指さないめざさないmezasanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative目指しためざしたmezashita
    2. negative目指さなかっためざさなかったmezasanakatta

  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目指しているめざしているmezashite iru
    2. polite目指していますめざしていますmezashite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain目指せるめざせるmezaseru
    2. polite目指せますめざせますmezasemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 目指したらめざしたらmezashitara

  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目指されるめざされるmezasareru
    2. polite目指されますめざされますmezasaremasu
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. 目指そうめざそうmezasō

  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目指せめざせmezase
    2. ban目指すなめざすなmezasu 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目指せばめざせばmezaseba
    2. negative目指さなければめざさなければmezasanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain目指させるめざさせるmezasaseru
    2. polite目指させますめざさせますmezasasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain目指させられるめざさせられるmezasaserareru
    2. polite目指させられますめざさせられますmezasaseraremasu