こもる (komoru) conjugation
to seclude oneself, to be confined in
こもる (こもる, komoru) 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.
Written 籠もる in kanji, but usually written in kana alone.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~ます) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | こもる komoru | こもります komorimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | こもらない komoranai | こもりません komorimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | こもった komotta | こもりました komorimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | こもらなかった komoranakatta | こもりませんでした komorimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | こもって komotte | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | こもっている komotteiru | こもっています komotteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | こもりたい komoritai | こもりたいです komoritaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | こもろう komorou | こもりましょう komorimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | こもれる komoreru | こもれます komoremasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | こもられる komorareru | こもられます komoraremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | こもらせる komoraseru | こもらせます komorasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | こもらされる komorasareru | こもらされます komorasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | こもれ komore | こもってください komottekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | こもるな komoruna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | こもれば komoreba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | こもったら komottara | — | “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.