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Conjugation of Japanese verb 努める - strive - tsutomeru

ichidan verb

    Variant

    Stem

    Conjugation

    努め

    Reading

    つとめ
    tsutome

    Meaning

    strive

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    努める

    Reading

    つとめる
    tsutomeru

    Meaning

    to strive / does strive / will strive

    Variant

    Negative

    Conjugation

    努めない

    Reading

    つとめない
    tsutomenai

    Meaning

    to not strive / does not strive / will not strive

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    努めます

    Reading

    つとめます
    tsutomemasu

    Meaning

    to strive / does strive / will strive

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    努めません

    Reading

    つとめません
    tsutomemasen

    Meaning

    to not strive / does not strive / will not strive

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    努めた

    Reading

    つとめた
    tsutometa

    Meaning

    did strive

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    努めなかった

    Reading

    つとめなかった
    tsutomenakatta

    Meaning

    did not strive

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    努めました

    Reading

    つとめました
    tsutomemashita

    Meaning

    did strive

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    努めませんでした

    Reading

    つとめませんでした
    tsutomemasendeshita

    Meaning

    did not strive

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    努めて

    Reading

    つとめて
    tsutomete

    Meaning

    strive, and...

    Variant

    Negative I

    Conjugation

    努めないで

    Reading

    つとめないで
    tsutomenaide

    Meaning

    not strive, and...

    Variant

    Negative II

    Conjugation

    努めなくて

    Reading

    つとめなくて
    tsutomenakute

    Meaning

    not strive, and...

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    努めまして

    Reading

    つとめまして
    tsutomemashite

    Meaning

    strive, and...

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    努めませんで

    Reading

    つとめませんで
    tsutomemasende

    Meaning

    not strive, and...

    Variant

    Abrupt I

    Conjugation

    努めろ

    Reading

    つとめろ
    tsutomero

    Meaning

    strive!

    Variant

    Abrupt II

    Conjugation

    努めよ

    Reading

    つとめよ
    tsutomeyo

    Meaning

    strive! (classical / literary)

    Variant

    Abrupt Negative

    Conjugation

    努めるな

    Reading

    つとめるな
    tsutomeruna

    Meaning

    do not strive!

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    努めなさい

    Reading

    つとめなさい
    tsutomenasai

    Meaning

    strive!

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    努めなさるな

    Reading

    つとめなさるな
    tsutomenasaruna

    Meaning

    do not strive!

    Variant

    Polite I

    Conjugation

    努めてください

    Reading

    つとめてください
    tsutometekudasai

    Meaning

    please strive

    Variant

    Polite II

    Conjugation

    お努めください

    Reading

    おつとめください
    otsutomekudasai

    Meaning

    kindly strive

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    努めないでください

    Reading

    つとめないでください
    tsutomenaidekudasai

    Meaning

    please do not strive

    Variant

    Honorific

    Conjugation

    お努めなさいませ

    Reading

    おつとめなさいませ
    otsutomenasaimase

    Meaning

    please strive

    Variant

    Honorific Negative

    Conjugation

    お努めなさいますな

    Reading

    おつとめなさいますな
    otsutomenasaimasuna

    Meaning

    please do not strive

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    努めている

    Reading

    つとめている
    tsutometeiru

    Meaning

    is doing strive / is strive(ing)

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    努めています

    Reading

    つとめています
    tsutometeimasu

    Meaning

    is doing strive / is strive(ing)

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    努めていません

    Reading

    つとめていません
    tsutometeimasen

    Meaning

    is not doing strive / is not strive(ing)

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    努めていた

    Reading

    つとめていた
    tsutometeita

    Meaning

    was doing strive / was strive(ing)

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    努めていました

    Reading

    つとめていました
    tsutometeimashita

    Meaning

    was doing strive / was strive(ing)

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    努めていませんでした

    Reading

    つとめていませんでした
    tsutometeimasendeshita

    Meaning

    was not doing strive / was not strive(ing)

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    努めよう

    Reading

    つとめよう
    tsutomeyou

    Meaning

    let's strive / will strive

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    努めまい

    Reading

    つとめまい
    tsutomemai

    Meaning

    let's not strive / will not strive

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    努めましょう

    Reading

    つとめましょう
    tsutomemashou

    Meaning

    let's strive / will strive

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    努めますまい

    Reading

    つとめますまい
    tsutomemasumai

    Meaning

    let's not strive / will not strive

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    努めるだろう

    Reading

    つとめるだろう
    tsutomerudarou

    Meaning

    will probably strive

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    努めないだろう

    Reading

    つとめないだろう
    tsutomenaidarou

    Meaning

    will probably not strive

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    努めるでしょう

    Reading

    つとめるでしょう
    tsutomerudeshou

    Meaning

    will probably strive

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    努めないでしょう

    Reading

    つとめないでしょう
    tsutomenaideshou

    Meaning

    will probably not strive

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    努めただろう

    Reading

    つとめただろう
    tsutometadarou

    Meaning

    probably did strive

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    努めなかっただろう

    Reading

    つとめなかっただろう
    tsutomenakattadarou

    Meaning

    probably did not strive

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    努めたでしょう

    Reading

    つとめたでしょう
    tsutometadeshou

    Meaning

    probably did strive

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    努めなかったでしょう

    Reading

    つとめなかったでしょう
    tsutomenakattadeshou

    Meaning

    probably did not strive

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    努めれば

    Reading

    つとめれば
    tsutomereba

    Meaning

    if (someone) does strive

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    努めなければ

    Reading

    つとめなければ
    tsutomenakereba

    Meaning

    if (someone) does not strive

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    努めたら

    Reading

    つとめたら
    tsutometara

    Meaning

    if/when (someone) did strive

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    努めなかったら

    Reading

    つとめなかったら
    tsutomenakattara

    Meaning

    if (someone) did not strive

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    努めましたら

    Reading

    つとめましたら
    tsutomemashitara

    Meaning

    if/when (someone) did strive

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    努めませんでしたら

    Reading

    つとめませんでしたら
    tsutomemasendeshitara

    Meaning

    if (someone) did not strive

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    努められる

    Reading

    つとめられる
    tsutomerareru

    Meaning

    can strive

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    努められない

    Reading

    つとめられない
    tsutomerarenai

    Meaning

    cannot strive

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    努められます

    Reading

    つとめられます
    tsutomeraremasu

    Meaning

    can strive

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    努められません

    Reading

    つとめられません
    tsutomeraremasen

    Meaning

    cannot strive

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    努めさせる

    Reading

    つとめさせる
    tsutomesaseru

    Meaning

    make/let (someone) strive

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    努めさせない

    Reading

    つとめさせない
    tsutomesasenai

    Meaning

    do not make/let (someone) strive

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    努めさせます

    Reading

    つとめさせます
    tsutomesasemasu

    Meaning

    make/let (someone) strive

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    努めさせません

    Reading

    つとめさせません
    tsutomesasemasen

    Meaning

    do not make/let (someone) strive

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    努められる

    Reading

    つとめられる
    tsutomerareru

    Meaning

    be strive

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    努められない

    Reading

    つとめられない
    tsutomerarenai

    Meaning

    not be strive

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    努められます

    Reading

    つとめられます
    tsutomeraremasu

    Meaning

    be strive

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    努められません

    Reading

    つとめられません
    tsutomeraremasen

    Meaning

    not be strive

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    努めたり

    Reading

    つとめたり
    tsutometari

    Meaning

    did things like strive

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    努めなかったり

    Reading

    つとめなかったり
    tsutomenakattari

    Meaning

    did not do things like strive

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    努めましたり

    Reading

    つとめましたり
    tsutomemashitari

    Meaning

    did things like strive

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    努めませんでしたり

    Reading

    つとめませんでしたり
    tsutomemasendeshitari

    Meaning

    did not do things like strive

    Variant

    Present Indicative

    Conjugation

    努めたい

    Reading

    つとめたい
    tsutometai

    Meaning

    want to strive

    Variant

    Present Negative

    Conjugation

    努めたくない

    Reading

    つとめたくない
    tsutometakunai

    Meaning

    do not want to strive

    Variant

    Past Indicative

    Conjugation

    努めたかった

    Reading

    つとめたかった
    tsutometakatta

    Meaning

    wanted to strive

    Variant

    Past Negative

    Conjugation

    努めたくなかった

    Reading

    つとめたくなかった
    tsutometakunakatta

    Meaning

    did not want to strive

    Variant

    Te-form

    Conjugation

    努めたくて

    Reading

    つとめたくて
    tsutometakute

    Meaning

    want to strive, and...

    Variant

    Negative Te-form

    Conjugation

    努めたくなくて

    Reading

    つとめたくなくて
    tsutometakunakute

    Meaning

    do not want to strive, and...

    Variant

    Adverbial

    Conjugation

    努めたく

    Reading

    つとめたく
    tsutometaku

    Meaning

    in a way of wanting to strive

    Variant

    Provisional

    Conjugation

    努めたければ

    Reading

    つとめたければ
    tsutometakereba

    Meaning

    if (someone) wants to strive

    Variant

    Provisional Negative

    Conjugation

    努めたくなければ

    Reading

    つとめたくなければ
    tsutometakunakereba

    Meaning

    if (someone) does not want to strive

    Variant

    Conditional

    Conjugation

    努めたかったら

    Reading

    つとめたかったら
    tsutometakattara

    Meaning

    if (someone) wanted to strive

    Variant

    Conditional Negative

    Conjugation

    努めたくなかったら

    Reading

    つとめたくなかったら
    tsutometakunakattara

    Meaning

    if (someone) did not want to strive

    Variant

    Nominal / Objective

    Conjugation

    努めたさ

    Reading

    つとめたさ
    tsutometasa

    Meaning

    the desire to strive

Word Detail

    word

    努める

    Meaning

    Strive

Kanji in this Verb

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Toil

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