Conjugation

諦める

あきらめるakirameru

give up

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 演じる, 追い詰める, 攻める

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諦めますあきらめますakiramemasu
    2. negative諦めませんあきらめませんakiramemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative諦めましたあきらめましたakiramemashita
    2. negative諦めませんでしたあきらめませんでしたakiramemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 諦めてあきらめてakiramete
    2. request諦めてくださいあきらめてくださいakiramete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 諦めましょうあきらめましょうakiramemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative諦めたいあきらめたいakirametai
    2. negative諦めたくないあきらめたくないakirametakunai
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諦めるあきらめるakirameru
    2. negative諦めないあきらめないakiramenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative諦めたあきらめたakirameta
    2. negative諦めなかったあきらめなかったakiramenakatta

  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諦めているあきらめているakiramete iru
    2. polite諦めていますあきらめていますakiramete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain諦められるあきらめられるakiramerareru
    2. polite諦められますあきらめられますakirameraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 諦めたらあきらめたらakirametara

  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諦められるあきらめられるakiramerareru
    2. polite諦められますあきらめられますakirameraremasu
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. 諦めようあきらめようakirameyō

  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諦めろあきらめろakiramero
    2. ban諦めるなあきらめるなakirameru 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諦めればあきらめればakiramereba
    2. negative諦めなければあきらめなければakiramenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain諦めさせるあきらめさせるakiramesaseru
    2. polite諦めさせますあきらめさせますakiramesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain諦めさせられるあきらめさせられるakiramesaserareru
    2. polite諦めさせられますあきらめさせられますakiramesaseraremasu