務まる (tsutomaru) conjugation
be equal, be fit
務まる (つとまる, tsutomaru) 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 | 務まる tsutomaru | 務まります tsutomarimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 務まらない tsutomaranai | 務まりません tsutomarimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 務まった tsutomatta | 務まりました tsutomarimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 務まらなかった tsutomaranakatta | 務まりませんでした tsutomarimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 務まって tsutomatte | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 務まっている tsutomatteiru | 務まっています tsutomatteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 務まりたい tsutomaritai | 務まりたいです tsutomaritaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 務まろう tsutomarou | 務まりましょう tsutomarimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 務まれる tsutomareru | 務まれます tsutomaremasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 務まられる tsutomarareru | 務まられます tsutomararemasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 務まらせる tsutomaraseru | 務まらせます tsutomarasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 務まらされる tsutomarasareru | 務まらされます tsutomarasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 務まれ tsutomare | 務まってください tsutomattekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 務まるな tsutomaruna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 務まれば tsutomareba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 務まったら tsutomattara | — | “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.