Conjugation

近づく

ちかづくchikazuku

approach

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, 基づく, 効く, 叩く

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近づきますちかづきますchikazukimasu
    2. negative近づきませんちかづきませんchikazukimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative近づきましたちかづきましたchikazukimashita
    2. negative近づきませんでしたちかづきませんでしたchikazukimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 近づいてちかづいてchikazuite
    2. request近づいてくださいちかづいてくださいchikazuite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 近づきましょうちかづきましょうchikazukimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative近づきたいちかづきたいchikazukitai
    2. negative近づきたくないちかづきたくないchikazukitakunai
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近づくちかづくchikazuku
    2. negative近づかないちかづかないchikazukanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative近づいたちかづいたchikazuita
    2. negative近づかなかったちかづかなかったchikazukanakatta

  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近づいているちかづいているchikazuite iru
    2. polite近づいていますちかづいていますchikazuite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain近づけるちかづけるchikazukeru
    2. polite近づけますちかづけますchikazukemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 近づいたらちかづいたらchikazuitara

  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近づかれるちかづかれるchikazukareru
    2. polite近づかれますちかづかれますchikazukaremasu
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. 近づこうちかづこうchikazukō

  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近づけちかづけchikazuke
    2. ban近づくなちかづくなchikazuku 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近づけばちかづけばchikazukeba
    2. negative近づかなければちかづかなければchikazukanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain近づかせるちかづかせるchikazukaseru
    2. polite近づかせますちかづかせますchikazukasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain近づかせられるちかづかせられるchikazukaserareru
    2. polite近づかせられますちかづかせられますchikazukaseraremasu