略す (ryakusu) conjugation
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略す (りゃくす, ryakusu) 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 | 略す ryakusu | 略します ryakushimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 略さない ryakusanai | 略しません ryakushimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 略した ryakushita | 略しました ryakushimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 略さなかった ryakusanakatta | 略しませんでした ryakushimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 略して ryakushite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 略している ryakushiteiru | 略しています ryakushiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 略したい ryakushitai | 略したいです ryakushitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 略そう ryakusou | 略しましょう ryakushimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 略せる ryakuseru | 略せます ryakusemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 略される ryakusareru | 略されます ryakusaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 略させる ryakusaseru | 略させます ryakusasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 略させられる ryakusaserareru | 略させられます ryakusaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 略せ ryakuse | 略してください ryakushitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 略すな ryakusuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 略せば ryakuseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 略したら ryakushitara | — | “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.