照り返す (terikaesu) conjugation
to reflect, to throw back light
照り返す (てりかえす, terikaesu) 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 | 照り返す terikaesu | 照り返します terikaeshimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 照り返さない terikaesanai | 照り返しません terikaeshimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 照り返した terikaeshita | 照り返しました terikaeshimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 照り返さなかった terikaesanakatta | 照り返しませんでした terikaeshimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 照り返して terikaeshite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 照り返している terikaeshiteiru | 照り返しています terikaeshiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 照り返したい terikaeshitai | 照り返したいです terikaeshitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 照り返そう terikaesou | 照り返しましょう terikaeshimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 照り返せる terikaeseru | 照り返せます terikaesemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 照り返される terikaesareru | 照り返されます terikaesaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 照り返させる terikaesaseru | 照り返させます terikaesasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 照り返させられる terikaesaserareru | 照り返させられます terikaesaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 照り返せ terikaese | 照り返してください terikaeshitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 照り返すな terikaesuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 照り返せば terikaeseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 照り返したら terikaeshitara | — | “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.