尖る (togaru) conjugation
to taper to a point, to become sharp
尖る (とがる, togaru) 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 | 尖る togaru | 尖ります togarimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 尖らない togaranai | 尖りません togarimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 尖った togatta | 尖りました togarimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 尖らなかった togaranakatta | 尖りませんでした togarimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 尖って togatte | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 尖っている togatteiru | 尖っています togatteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 尖りたい togaritai | 尖りたいです togaritaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 尖ろう togarou | 尖りましょう togarimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 尖れる togareru | 尖れます togaremasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 尖られる togarareru | 尖られます togararemasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 尖らせる togaraseru | 尖らせます togarasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 尖らされる togarasareru | 尖らされます togarasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 尖れ togare | 尖ってください togattekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 尖るな togaruna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 尖れば togareba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 尖ったら togattara | — | “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.