目立つ (medatsu) conjugation
to be conspicuous, to stand out
目立つ (めだつ, medatsu) 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 | 目立つ medatsu | 目立ちます medachimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 目立たない medatanai | 目立ちません medachimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 目立った medatta | 目立ちました medachimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 目立たなかった medatanakatta | 目立ちませんでした medachimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 目立って medatte | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 目立っている medatteiru | 目立っています medatteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 目立ちたい medachitai | 目立ちたいです medachitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 目立とう medatou | 目立ちましょう medachimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 目立てる medateru | 目立てます medatemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 目立たれる medatareru | 目立たれます medataremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 目立たせる medataseru | 目立たせます medatasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 目立たされる medatasareru | 目立たされます medatasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 目立て medate | 目立ってください medattekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 目立つな medatsuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 目立てば medateba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 目立ったら medattara | — | “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.