Conjugation of Japanese verb 効く - work - kiku
godan verbVariant
Stem
Conjugation
効
Reading
Meaning
work
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
効く
Reading
Meaning
to work / does work / will work
Variant
Negative
Conjugation
効かない
Reading
Meaning
to not work / does not work / will not work
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
効きます
Reading
Meaning
to work / does work / will work
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
効きません
Reading
Meaning
to not work / does not work / will not work
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
効いた
Reading
Meaning
did work
Variant
Plain Negative
Conjugation
効かなかった
Reading
Meaning
did not work
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
効きました
Reading
Meaning
did work
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
効きませんでした
Reading
Meaning
did not work
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
効いて
Reading
Meaning
work, and...
Variant
Negative I
Conjugation
効かないで
Reading
Meaning
not work, and...
Variant
Negative II
Conjugation
効かなくて
Reading
Meaning
not work, and...
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
効きまして
Reading
Meaning
work, and...
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
効きませんで
Reading
Meaning
not work, and...
Variant
Abrupt
Conjugation
効け
Reading
Meaning
work!
Variant
Abrupt Negative
Conjugation
効くな
Reading
Meaning
do not work!
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
効きなさい
Reading
Meaning
work!
Variant
Plain Negative
Conjugation
効きなさるな
Reading
Meaning
do not work!
Variant
Polite I
Conjugation
効いてください
Reading
Meaning
please work
Variant
Polite II
Conjugation
お効きください
Reading
Meaning
kindly work
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
効かないでください
Reading
Meaning
please do not work
Variant
Honorific
Conjugation
お効きなさいませ
Reading
Meaning
please work
Variant
Honorific Negative
Conjugation
お効きなさいますな
Reading
Meaning
please do not work
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
効いている
Reading
Meaning
is doing work / is work(ing)
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
効い ています
Reading
Meaning
is doing work / is work(ing)
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
効いていません
Reading
Meaning
is not doing work / is not work(ing)
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
効いていた
Reading
Meaning
was doing work / was work(ing)
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
効いていました
Reading
Meaning
was doing work / was work(ing)
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
効いていませんでした
Reading
Meaning
was not doing work / was not work(ing)
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
効こう
Reading
Meaning
let's work / will work
Variant
Plain Negative
Conjugation
効くまい
Reading
Meaning
let's not work / will not work
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
効きましょう
Reading
Meaning
let's work / will work
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
効きますまい
Reading
Meaning
let's not work / will not work
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
効くだろう
Reading
Meaning
will probably work
Variant
Plain Negative
Conjugation
効かないだろう
Reading
Meaning
will probably not work
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
効くでしょう
Reading
Meaning
will probably work
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
効かないでしょう
Reading
Meaning
will probably not work
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
効いただろう
Reading
Meaning
probably did work
Variant
Plain Negative
Conjugation
効かなかっただろう
Reading
Meaning
probably did not work
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
効いたでしょう
Reading
Meaning
probably did work
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
効かなかったでしょう
Reading
Meaning
probably did not work
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
効けば
Reading
Meaning
if (someone) does work
Variant
Plain Negative
Conjugation
効かなければ
Reading
Meaning
if (someone) does not work
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
効いたら
Reading
Meaning
if/when (someone) did work
Variant
Plain Negative
Conjugation
効かなかったら
Reading
Meaning
if (someone) did not work
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
効きましたら
Reading
Meaning
if/when (someone) did work
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
効きませんでしたら
Reading
Meaning
if (someone) did not work
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
効ける
Reading
Meaning
can work
Variant
Plain Negative
Conjugation
効けない
Reading
Meaning
cannot work
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
効けます
Reading
Meaning
can work
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
効けません
Reading
Meaning
cannot work
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
効かせる
Reading
Meaning
make/let (someone) work
Variant
Plain Negative
Conjugation
効かせない
Reading
Meaning
do not make/let (someone) work
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
効かせます
Reading
Meaning
make/let (someone) work
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
効かせません
Reading
Meaning
do not make/let (someone) work
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
効かれる
Reading
Meaning
be work
Variant
Plain Negative
Conjugation
効かれない
Reading
Meaning
not be work
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
効かれます
Reading
Meaning
be work
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
効かれません
Reading
Meaning
not be work
Variant
Plain
Conjugation
効いたり
Reading
Meaning
did things like work
Variant
Plain Negative
Conjugation
効かなかったり
Reading
Meaning
did not do things like work
Variant
Polite
Conjugation
効きましたり
Reading
Meaning
did things like work
Variant
Polite Negative
Conjugation
効きませんでしたり
Reading
Meaning
did not do things like work
Variant
Present Indicative
Conjugation
効きたい
Reading
Meaning
want to work
Variant
Present Negative
Conjugation
効きたくない
Reading
Meaning
do not want to work
Variant
Past Indicative
Conjugation
効きたかった
Reading
Meaning
wanted to work
Variant
Past Negative
Conjugation
効きたくなかった
Reading
Meaning
did not want to work
Variant
Te-form
Conjugation
効きたくて
Reading
Meaning
want to work, and...
Variant
Negative Te-form
Conjugation
効きたくなくて
Reading
Meaning
do not want to work, and...
Variant
Adverbial
Conjugation
効きたく
Reading
Meaning
in a way of wanting to work
Variant
Provisional
Conjugation
効きたければ
Reading
Meaning
if (someone) wants to work
Variant
Provisional Negative
Conjugation
効きたくなければ
Reading
Meaning
if (someone) does not want to work
Variant
Conditional
Conjugation
効きたかったら
Reading
Meaning
if (someone) wanted to work
Variant
Conditional Negative
Conjugation
効きたくなかったら
Reading
Meaning
if (someone) did not want to work
Variant
Nominal / Objective
Conjugation
効きたさ
Reading
Meaning
the desire to work
Word Detail
word
効く
Meaning
Work
Kanji in this Verb
kanji
効
Meaning
Effective
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