取り除く (torinozoku) conjugation
to remove, to take away, to set apart
取り除く (とりのぞく, torinozoku) 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 | 取り除く torinozoku | 取り除きます torinozokimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 取り除かない torinozokanai | 取り除きません torinozokimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 取り除いた torinozoita | 取り除きました torinozokimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 取り除かなかった torinozokanakatta | 取り除きませんでした torinozokimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 取り除いて torinozoite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 取り除いている torinozoiteiru | 取り除いています torinozoiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 取り除きたい torinozokitai | 取り除きたいです torinozokitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 取り除こう torinozokou | 取り除きましょう torinozokimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 取り除ける torinozokeru | 取り除けます torinozokemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 取り除かれる torinozokareru | 取り除かれます torinozokaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 取り除かせる torinozokaseru | 取り除かせます torinozokasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 取り除かされる torinozokasareru | 取り除かされます torinozokasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 取り除け torinozoke | 取り除いてください torinozoitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 取り除くな torinozokuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 取り除けば torinozokeba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 取り除いたら torinozoitara | — | “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.