取り締まる (torishimaru) conjugation
to crack down, to control, to supervise
取り締まる (とりしまる, torishimaru) 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 | 取り締まる torishimaru | 取り締まります torishimarimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 取り締まらない torishimaranai | 取り締まりません torishimarimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 取り締まった torishimatta | 取り締まりました torishimarimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 取り締まらなかった torishimaranakatta | 取り締まりませんでした torishimarimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 取り締まって torishimatte | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 取り締まっている torishimatteiru | 取り締まっています torishimatteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 取り締まりたい torishimaritai | 取り締まりたいです torishimaritaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 取り締まろう torishimarou | 取り締まりましょう torishimarimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 取り締まれる torishimareru | 取り締まれます torishimaremasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 取り締まられる torishimarareru | 取り締まられます torishimararemasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 取り締まらせる torishimaraseru | 取り締まらせます torishimarasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 取り締まらされる torishimarasareru | 取り締まらされます torishimarasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 取り締まれ torishimare | 取り締まってください torishimattekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 取り締まるな torishimaruna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 取り締まれば torishimareba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 取り締まったら torishimattara | — | “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.