散らかす (chirakasu) conjugation
to scatter around, to leave untidy
散らかす (ちらかす, chirakasu) 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 | 散らかす chirakasu | 散らかします chirakashimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 散らかさない chirakasanai | 散らかしません chirakashimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 散らかした chirakashita | 散らかしました chirakashimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 散らかさなかった chirakasanakatta | 散らかしませんでした chirakashimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 散らかして chirakashite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 散らかしている chirakashiteiru | 散らかしています chirakashiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 散らかしたい chirakashitai | 散らかしたいです chirakashitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 散らかそう chirakasou | 散らかしましょう chirakashimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 散らかせる chirakaseru | 散らかせます chirakasemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 散らかされる chirakasareru | 散らかされます chirakasaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 散らかさせる chirakasaseru | 散らかさせます chirakasasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 散らかさせられる chirakasaserareru | 散らかさせられます chirakasaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 散らかせ chirakase | 散らかしてください chirakashitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 散らかすな chirakasuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 散らかせば chirakaseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 散らかしたら chirakashitara | — | “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.