取り消す (torikesu) conjugation
to cancel
取り消す (とりけす, torikesu) 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 | 取り消す torikesu | 取り消します torikeshimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 取り消さない torikesanai | 取り消しません torikeshimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 取り消した torikeshita | 取り消しました torikeshimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 取り消さなかった torikesanakatta | 取り消しませんでした torikeshimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 取り消して torikeshite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 取り消している torikeshiteiru | 取り消しています torikeshiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 取り消したい torikeshitai | 取り消したいです torikeshitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 取り消そう torikesou | 取り消しましょう torikeshimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 取り消せる torikeseru | 取り消せます torikesemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 取り消される torikesareru | 取り消されます torikesaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 取り消させる torikesaseru | 取り消させます torikesasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 取り消させられる torikesaserareru | 取り消させられます torikesaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 取り消せ torikese | 取り消してください torikeshitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 取り消すな torikesuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 取り消せば torikeseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 取り消したら torikeshitara | — | “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.