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Conjugation of Japanese verb 説く - explain - toku

godan verb

    Variant

    Stem

    Conjugation

    Reading

    to

    Meaning

    explain

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    説く

    Reading

    とく
    toku

    Meaning

    to explain / does explain / will explain

    Variant

    Negative

    Conjugation

    説かない

    Reading

    とかない
    tokanai

    Meaning

    to not explain / does not explain / will not explain

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    説きます

    Reading

    ときます
    tokimasu

    Meaning

    to explain / does explain / will explain

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    説きません

    Reading

    ときません
    tokimasen

    Meaning

    to not explain / does not explain / will not explain

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    説いた

    Reading

    といた
    toita

    Meaning

    did explain

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    説かなかった

    Reading

    とかなかった
    tokanakatta

    Meaning

    did not explain

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    説きました

    Reading

    ときました
    tokimashita

    Meaning

    did explain

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    説きませんでした

    Reading

    ときませんでした
    tokimasendeshita

    Meaning

    did not explain

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    説いて

    Reading

    といて
    toite

    Meaning

    explain, and...

    Variant

    Negative I

    Conjugation

    説かないで

    Reading

    とかないで
    tokanaide

    Meaning

    not explain, and...

    Variant

    Negative II

    Conjugation

    説かなくて

    Reading

    とかなくて
    tokanakute

    Meaning

    not explain, and...

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    説きまして

    Reading

    ときまして
    tokimashite

    Meaning

    explain, and...

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    説きませんで

    Reading

    ときませんで
    tokimasende

    Meaning

    not explain, and...

    Variant

    Abrupt

    Conjugation

    説け

    Reading

    とけ
    toke

    Meaning

    explain!

    Variant

    Abrupt Negative

    Conjugation

    説くな

    Reading

    とくな
    tokuna

    Meaning

    do not explain!

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    説きなさい

    Reading

    ときなさい
    tokinasai

    Meaning

    explain!

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    説きなさるな

    Reading

    ときなさるな
    tokinasaruna

    Meaning

    do not explain!

    Variant

    Polite I

    Conjugation

    説いてください

    Reading

    といてください
    toitekudasai

    Meaning

    please explain

    Variant

    Polite II

    Conjugation

    お説きください

    Reading

    おときください
    otokikudasai

    Meaning

    kindly explain

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    説かないでください

    Reading

    とかないでください
    tokanaidekudasai

    Meaning

    please do not explain

    Variant

    Honorific

    Conjugation

    お説きなさいませ

    Reading

    おときなさいませ
    otokinasaimase

    Meaning

    please explain

    Variant

    Honorific Negative

    Conjugation

    お説きなさいますな

    Reading

    おときなさいますな
    otokinasaimasuna

    Meaning

    please do not explain

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    説いている

    Reading

    といている
    toiteiru

    Meaning

    is doing explain / is explain(ing)

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    説いています

    Reading

    といています
    toiteimasu

    Meaning

    is doing explain / is explain(ing)

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    説いていません

    Reading

    といていません
    toiteimasen

    Meaning

    is not doing explain / is not explain(ing)

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    説いていた

    Reading

    といていた
    toiteita

    Meaning

    was doing explain / was explain(ing)

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    説いていました

    Reading

    といていました
    toiteimashita

    Meaning

    was doing explain / was explain(ing)

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    説いていませんでした

    Reading

    といていませんでした
    toiteimasendeshita

    Meaning

    was not doing explain / was not explain(ing)

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    説こう

    Reading

    とこう
    tokou

    Meaning

    let's explain / will explain

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    説くまい

    Reading

    とくまい
    tokumai

    Meaning

    let's not explain / will not explain

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    説きましょう

    Reading

    ときましょう
    tokimashou

    Meaning

    let's explain / will explain

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    説きますまい

    Reading

    ときますまい
    tokimasumai

    Meaning

    let's not explain / will not explain

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    説くだろう

    Reading

    とくだろう
    tokudarou

    Meaning

    will probably explain

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    説かないだろう

    Reading

    とかないだろう
    tokanaidarou

    Meaning

    will probably not explain

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    説くでしょう

    Reading

    とくでしょう
    tokudeshou

    Meaning

    will probably explain

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    説かないでしょう

    Reading

    とかないでしょう
    tokanaideshou

    Meaning

    will probably not explain

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    説いただろう

    Reading

    といただろう
    toitadarou

    Meaning

    probably did explain

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    説かなかっただろう

    Reading

    とかなかっただろう
    tokanakattadarou

    Meaning

    probably did not explain

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    説いたでしょう

    Reading

    といたでしょう
    toitadeshou

    Meaning

    probably did explain

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    説かなかったでしょう

    Reading

    とかなかったでしょう
    tokanakattadeshou

    Meaning

    probably did not explain

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    説けば

    Reading

    とけば
    tokeba

    Meaning

    if (someone) does explain

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    説かなければ

    Reading

    とかなければ
    tokanakereba

    Meaning

    if (someone) does not explain

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    説いたら

    Reading

    といたら
    toitara

    Meaning

    if/when (someone) did explain

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    説かなかったら

    Reading

    とかなかったら
    tokanakattara

    Meaning

    if (someone) did not explain

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    説きましたら

    Reading

    ときましたら
    tokimashitara

    Meaning

    if/when (someone) did explain

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    説きませんでしたら

    Reading

    ときませんでしたら
    tokimasendeshitara

    Meaning

    if (someone) did not explain

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    説ける

    Reading

    とける
    tokeru

    Meaning

    can explain

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    説けない

    Reading

    とけない
    tokenai

    Meaning

    cannot explain

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    説けます

    Reading

    とけます
    tokemasu

    Meaning

    can explain

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    説けません

    Reading

    とけません
    tokemasen

    Meaning

    cannot explain

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    説かせる

    Reading

    とかせる
    tokaseru

    Meaning

    make/let (someone) explain

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    説かせない

    Reading

    とかせない
    tokasenai

    Meaning

    do not make/let (someone) explain

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    説かせます

    Reading

    とかせます
    tokasemasu

    Meaning

    make/let (someone) explain

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    説かせません

    Reading

    とかせません
    tokasemasen

    Meaning

    do not make/let (someone) explain

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    説かれる

    Reading

    とかれる
    tokareru

    Meaning

    be explain

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    説かれない

    Reading

    とかれない
    tokarenai

    Meaning

    not be explain

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    説かれます

    Reading

    とかれます
    tokaremasu

    Meaning

    be explain

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    説かれません

    Reading

    とかれません
    tokaremasen

    Meaning

    not be explain

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    説いたり

    Reading

    といたり
    toitari

    Meaning

    did things like explain

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    説かなかったり

    Reading

    とかなかったり
    tokanakattari

    Meaning

    did not do things like explain

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    説きましたり

    Reading

    ときましたり
    tokimashitari

    Meaning

    did things like explain

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    説きませんでしたり

    Reading

    ときませんでしたり
    tokimasendeshitari

    Meaning

    did not do things like explain

    Variant

    Present Indicative

    Conjugation

    説きたい

    Reading

    とたい
    totai

    Meaning

    want to explain

    Variant

    Present Negative

    Conjugation

    説きたくない

    Reading

    とたくない
    totakunai

    Meaning

    do not want to explain

    Variant

    Past Indicative

    Conjugation

    説きたかった

    Reading

    とたかった
    totakatta

    Meaning

    wanted to explain

    Variant

    Past Negative

    Conjugation

    説きたくなかった

    Reading

    とたくなかった
    totakunakatta

    Meaning

    did not want to explain

    Variant

    Te-form

    Conjugation

    説きたくて

    Reading

    とたくて
    totakute

    Meaning

    want to explain, and...

    Variant

    Negative Te-form

    Conjugation

    説きたくなくて

    Reading

    とたくなくて
    totakunakute

    Meaning

    do not want to explain, and...

    Variant

    Adverbial

    Conjugation

    説きたく

    Reading

    とたく
    totaku

    Meaning

    in a way of wanting to explain

    Variant

    Provisional

    Conjugation

    説きたければ

    Reading

    とたければ
    totakereba

    Meaning

    if (someone) wants to explain

    Variant

    Provisional Negative

    Conjugation

    説きたくなければ

    Reading

    とたくなければ
    totakunakereba

    Meaning

    if (someone) does not want to explain

    Variant

    Conditional

    Conjugation

    説きたかったら

    Reading

    とたかったら
    totakattara

    Meaning

    if (someone) wanted to explain

    Variant

    Conditional Negative

    Conjugation

    説きたくなかったら

    Reading

    とたくなかったら
    totakunakattara

    Meaning

    if (someone) did not want to explain

    Variant

    Nominal / Objective

    Conjugation

    説きたさ

    Reading

    とたさ
    totasa

    Meaning

    the desire to explain

Word Detail

    word

    説く

    Meaning

    Explain

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    Meaning

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