見下ろす (miorosu) conjugation
to overlook, to look down on something
見下ろす (みおろす, miorosu) 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 | 見下ろす miorosu | 見下ろします mioroshimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 見下ろさない miorosanai | 見下ろしません mioroshimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 見下ろした mioroshita | 見下ろしました mioroshimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 見下ろさなかった miorosanakatta | 見下ろしませんでした mioroshimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 見下ろして mioroshite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 見下ろしている mioroshiteiru | 見下ろしています mioroshiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 見下ろしたい mioroshitai | 見下ろしたいです mioroshitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 見下ろそう miorosou | 見下ろしましょう mioroshimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 見下ろせる mioroseru | 見下ろせます miorosemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 見下ろされる miorosareru | 見下ろされます miorosaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 見下ろさせる miorosaseru | 見下ろさせます miorosasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 見下ろさせられる miorosaserareru | 見下ろさせられます miorosaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 見下ろせ miorose | 見下ろしてください mioroshitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 見下ろすな miorosuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 見下ろせば mioroseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 見下ろしたら mioroshitara | — | “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.