下す (orosu) conjugation
to lower, to let go down
下す (おろす, orosu) 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 | 下す orosu | 下します oroshimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 下さない orosanai | 下しません oroshimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 下した oroshita | 下しました oroshimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 下さなかった orosanakatta | 下しませんでした oroshimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 下して oroshite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 下している oroshiteiru | 下しています oroshiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 下したい oroshitai | 下したいです oroshitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 下そう orosou | 下しましょう oroshimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 下せる oroseru | 下せます orosemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 下される orosareru | 下されます orosaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 下させる orosaseru | 下させます orosasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 下させられる orosaserareru | 下させられます orosaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 下せ orose | 下してください oroshitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 下すな orosuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 下せば oroseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 下したら oroshitara | — | “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.