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崩す (kuzusu) conjugation

JLPT N2 Godan verb (Group 1 / u-verb)transitive (takes を)

to destroy, to make change (money)

崩す (くずす, kuzusu) 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

FormPlain (casual)Polite (~ます)When you use it
Dictionary / plain
kuzusu

kuzushimasu
The form you look up. Also the casual present and future.
Plain negative
kuzusanai

kuzushimasen
“doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective.
Plain past
kuzushita

kuzushimashita
The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ.
Plain past negative
kuzusanakatta

kuzushimasendeshita
“didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped.
Te-form
kuzushite
The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている.
Progressive (~ている)
kuzushiteiru

kuzushiteimasu
“is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state.
Desire (~たい)
kuzushitai

kuzushitaidesu
“want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective.
Volitional
kuzusou

kuzushimashou
“let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”.
Potential
kuzuseru

kuzusemasu
“can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が.
Passive
kuzusareru

kuzusaremasu
“is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive.
Causative
kuzusaseru

kuzusasemasu
Make or let someone do it.
Causative-passive
kuzusaserareru

kuzusaseraremasu
Be made to do it — the long one.
Imperative
kuzuse

kuzushitekudasai
Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life.
Prohibitive
kuzusuna
“don’t!” — dictionary form + な.
Conditional (~ば)
kuzuseba
“if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals.
Conditional (~たら)
kuzushitara
“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.

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