Conjugation

高める

たかめるtakameru

improve

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 訴える, 生える, 組み合わせる

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高めますたかめますtakamemasu
    2. negative高めませんたかめませんtakamemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative高めましたたかめましたtakamemashita
    2. negative高めませんでしたたかめませんでしたtakamemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 高めてたかめてtakamete
    2. request高めてくださいたかめてくださいtakamete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 高めましょうたかめましょうtakamemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative高めたいたかめたいtakametai
    2. negative高めたくないたかめたくないtakametakunai
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高めるたかめるtakameru
    2. negative高めないたかめないtakamenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative高めたたかめたtakameta
    2. negative高めなかったたかめなかったtakamenakatta

  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高めているたかめているtakamete iru
    2. polite高めていますたかめていますtakamete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain高められるたかめられるtakamerareru
    2. polite高められますたかめられますtakameraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 高めたらたかめたらtakametara

  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高められるたかめられるtakamerareru
    2. polite高められますたかめられますtakameraremasu
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. 高めようたかめようtakameyō

  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高めろたかめろtakamero
    2. ban高めるなたかめるなtakameru 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高めればたかめればtakamereba
    2. negative高めなければたかめなければtakamenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain高めさせるたかめさせるtakamesaseru
    2. polite高めさせますたかめさせますtakamesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain高めさせられるたかめさせられるtakamesaserareru
    2. polite高めさせられますたかめさせられますtakamesaseraremasu