近寄る (chikayoru) conjugation
to approach, to draw near
近寄る (ちかよる, chikayoru) is a godan verb. Godan verbs change their final kana up and down its column of the kana chart — the a-row for negatives, the i-row before ます, the e-row for potential and ば. Every form below is tappable — hear it, then say it back.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~ます) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | 近寄る chikayoru | 近寄ります chikayorimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 近寄らない chikayoranai | 近寄りません chikayorimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 近寄った chikayotta | 近寄りました chikayorimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 近寄らなかった chikayoranakatta | 近寄りませんでした chikayorimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 近寄って chikayotte | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 近寄っている chikayotteiru | 近寄っています chikayotteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 近寄りたい chikayoritai | 近寄りたいです chikayoritaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 近寄ろう chikayorou | 近寄りましょう chikayorimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 近寄れる chikayoreru | 近寄れます chikayoremasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 近寄られる chikayorareru | 近寄られます chikayoraremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 近寄らせる chikayoraseru | 近寄らせます chikayorasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 近寄らされる chikayorasareru | 近寄らされます chikayorasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 近寄れ chikayore | 近寄ってください chikayottekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 近寄るな chikayoruna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 近寄れば chikayoreba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 近寄ったら chikayottara | — | “if / when ~”. The everyday conditional. |
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Why it conjugates this way
Godan verbs change their final kana up and down its column of the kana chart — the a-row for negatives, the i-row before ます, the e-row for potential and ば.
See the full rules on the verb conjugation guide.