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Conjugation of Japanese verb 書く - write - kaku

godan verb

    Variant

    Stem

    Conjugation

    Reading

    ka

    Meaning

    write

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    書く

    Reading

    かく
    kaku

    Meaning

    to write / does write / will write

    Variant

    Negative

    Conjugation

    書かない

    Reading

    かかない
    kakanai

    Meaning

    to not write / does not write / will not write

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    書きます

    Reading

    かきます
    kakimasu

    Meaning

    to write / does write / will write

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    書きません

    Reading

    かきません
    kakimasen

    Meaning

    to not write / does not write / will not write

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    書いた

    Reading

    かいた
    kaita

    Meaning

    did write

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    書かなかった

    Reading

    かかなかった
    kakanakatta

    Meaning

    did not write

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    書きました

    Reading

    かきました
    kakimashita

    Meaning

    did write

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    書きませんでした

    Reading

    かきませんでした
    kakimasendeshita

    Meaning

    did not write

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    書いて

    Reading

    かいて
    kaite

    Meaning

    write, and...

    Variant

    Negative I

    Conjugation

    書かないで

    Reading

    かかないで
    kakanaide

    Meaning

    not write, and...

    Variant

    Negative II

    Conjugation

    書かなくて

    Reading

    かかなくて
    kakanakute

    Meaning

    not write, and...

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    書きまして

    Reading

    かきまして
    kakimashite

    Meaning

    write, and...

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    書きませんで

    Reading

    かきませんで
    kakimasende

    Meaning

    not write, and...

    Variant

    Abrupt

    Conjugation

    書け

    Reading

    かけ
    kake

    Meaning

    write!

    Variant

    Abrupt Negative

    Conjugation

    書くな

    Reading

    かくな
    kakuna

    Meaning

    do not write!

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    書きなさい

    Reading

    かきなさい
    kakinasai

    Meaning

    write!

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    書きなさるな

    Reading

    かきなさるな
    kakinasaruna

    Meaning

    do not write!

    Variant

    Polite I

    Conjugation

    書いてください

    Reading

    かいてください
    kaitekudasai

    Meaning

    please write

    Variant

    Polite II

    Conjugation

    お書きください

    Reading

    おかきください
    okakikudasai

    Meaning

    kindly write

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    書かないでください

    Reading

    かかないでください
    kakanaidekudasai

    Meaning

    please do not write

    Variant

    Honorific

    Conjugation

    お書きなさいませ

    Reading

    おかきなさいませ
    okakinasaimase

    Meaning

    please write

    Variant

    Honorific Negative

    Conjugation

    お書きなさいますな

    Reading

    おかきなさいますな
    okakinasaimasuna

    Meaning

    please do not write

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    書いている

    Reading

    かいている
    kaiteiru

    Meaning

    is doing write / is write(ing)

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    書いています

    Reading

    かいています
    kaiteimasu

    Meaning

    is doing write / is write(ing)

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    書いていません

    Reading

    かいていません
    kaiteimasen

    Meaning

    is not doing write / is not write(ing)

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    書いていた

    Reading

    かいていた
    kaiteita

    Meaning

    was doing write / was write(ing)

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    書いていました

    Reading

    かいていました
    kaiteimashita

    Meaning

    was doing write / was write(ing)

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    書いていませんでした

    Reading

    かいていませんでした
    kaiteimasendeshita

    Meaning

    was not doing write / was not write(ing)

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    書こう

    Reading

    かこう
    kakou

    Meaning

    let's write / will write

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    書くまい

    Reading

    かくまい
    kakumai

    Meaning

    let's not write / will not write

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    書きましょう

    Reading

    かきましょう
    kakimashou

    Meaning

    let's write / will write

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    書きますまい

    Reading

    かきますまい
    kakimasumai

    Meaning

    let's not write / will not write

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    書くだろう

    Reading

    かくだろう
    kakudarou

    Meaning

    will probably write

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    書かないだろう

    Reading

    かかないだろう
    kakanaidarou

    Meaning

    will probably not write

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    書くでしょう

    Reading

    かくでしょう
    kakudeshou

    Meaning

    will probably write

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    書かないでしょう

    Reading

    かかないでしょう
    kakanaideshou

    Meaning

    will probably not write

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    書いただろう

    Reading

    かいただろう
    kaitadarou

    Meaning

    probably did write

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    書かなかっただろう

    Reading

    かかなかっただろう
    kakanakattadarou

    Meaning

    probably did not write

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    書いたでしょう

    Reading

    かいたでしょう
    kaitadeshou

    Meaning

    probably did write

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    書かなかったでしょう

    Reading

    かかなかったでしょう
    kakanakattadeshou

    Meaning

    probably did not write

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    書けば

    Reading

    かけば
    kakeba

    Meaning

    if (someone) does write

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    書かなければ

    Reading

    かかなければ
    kakanakereba

    Meaning

    if (someone) does not write

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    書いたら

    Reading

    かいたら
    kaitara

    Meaning

    if/when (someone) did write

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    書かなかったら

    Reading

    かかなかったら
    kakanakattara

    Meaning

    if (someone) did not write

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    書きましたら

    Reading

    かきましたら
    kakimashitara

    Meaning

    if/when (someone) did write

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    書きませんでしたら

    Reading

    かきませんでしたら
    kakimasendeshitara

    Meaning

    if (someone) did not write

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    書ける

    Reading

    かける
    kakeru

    Meaning

    can write

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    書けない

    Reading

    かけない
    kakenai

    Meaning

    cannot write

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    書けます

    Reading

    かけます
    kakemasu

    Meaning

    can write

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    書けません

    Reading

    かけません
    kakemasen

    Meaning

    cannot write

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    書かせる

    Reading

    かかせる
    kakaseru

    Meaning

    make/let (someone) write

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    書かせない

    Reading

    かかせない
    kakasenai

    Meaning

    do not make/let (someone) write

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    書かせます

    Reading

    かかせます
    kakasemasu

    Meaning

    make/let (someone) write

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    書かせません

    Reading

    かかせません
    kakasemasen

    Meaning

    do not make/let (someone) write

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    書かれる

    Reading

    かかれる
    kakareru

    Meaning

    be write

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    書かれない

    Reading

    かかれない
    kakarenai

    Meaning

    not be write

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    書かれます

    Reading

    かかれます
    kakaremasu

    Meaning

    be write

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    書かれません

    Reading

    かかれません
    kakaremasen

    Meaning

    not be write

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    書いたり

    Reading

    かいたり
    kaitari

    Meaning

    did things like write

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    書かなかったり

    Reading

    かかなかったり
    kakanakattari

    Meaning

    did not do things like write

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    書きましたり

    Reading

    かきましたり
    kakimashitari

    Meaning

    did things like write

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    書きませんでしたり

    Reading

    かきませんでしたり
    kakimasendeshitari

    Meaning

    did not do things like write

    Variant

    Present Indicative

    Conjugation

    書きたい

    Reading

    かたい
    katai

    Meaning

    want to write

    Variant

    Present Negative

    Conjugation

    書きたくない

    Reading

    かたくない
    katakunai

    Meaning

    do not want to write

    Variant

    Past Indicative

    Conjugation

    書きたかった

    Reading

    かたかった
    katakatta

    Meaning

    wanted to write

    Variant

    Past Negative

    Conjugation

    書きたくなかった

    Reading

    かたくなかった
    katakunakatta

    Meaning

    did not want to write

    Variant

    Te-form

    Conjugation

    書きたくて

    Reading

    かたくて
    katakute

    Meaning

    want to write, and...

    Variant

    Negative Te-form

    Conjugation

    書きたくなくて

    Reading

    かたくなくて
    katakunakute

    Meaning

    do not want to write, and...

    Variant

    Adverbial

    Conjugation

    書きたく

    Reading

    かたく
    kataku

    Meaning

    in a way of wanting to write

    Variant

    Provisional

    Conjugation

    書きたければ

    Reading

    かたければ
    katakereba

    Meaning

    if (someone) wants to write

    Variant

    Provisional Negative

    Conjugation

    書きたくなければ

    Reading

    かたくなければ
    katakunakereba

    Meaning

    if (someone) does not want to write

    Variant

    Conditional

    Conjugation

    書きたかったら

    Reading

    かたかったら
    katakattara

    Meaning

    if (someone) wanted to write

    Variant

    Conditional Negative

    Conjugation

    書きたくなかったら

    Reading

    かたくなかったら
    katakunakattara

    Meaning

    if (someone) did not want to write

    Variant

    Nominal / Objective

    Conjugation

    書きたさ

    Reading

    かたさ
    katasa

    Meaning

    the desire to write

Word Detail

    word

    書く

    Meaning

    Write

Kanji in this Verb

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Write

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