恨む (uramu) conjugation
to curse, to feel bitter
恨む (うらむ, uramu) 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 | 恨む uramu | 恨みます uramimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 恨まない uramanai | 恨みません uramimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 恨んだ uranda | 恨みました uramimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 恨まなかった uramanakatta | 恨みませんでした uramimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 恨んで urande | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 恨んでいる urandeiru | 恨んでいます urandeimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 恨みたい uramitai | 恨みたいです uramitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 恨もう uramou | 恨みましょう uramimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 恨める urameru | 恨めます uramemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 恨まれる uramareru | 恨まれます uramaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 恨ませる uramaseru | 恨ませます uramasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 恨まされる uramasareru | 恨まされます uramasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 恨め urame | 恨んでください urandekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 恨むな uramuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 恨めば urameba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 恨んだら urandara | — | “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.