Godan verb (く)

省くはぶく

habuku

to omit · N3

省く (はぶく, habuku) — to omit — is a godan verb ending in く: 省いて (te-form), 省いた (past), 省かない (negative), 省きます (polite).

It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to leave out; to exclude.

How 省く conjugates · godan く-verb

Only the last kana changes: く becomes か, き, け or こ.

Which one depends on the ending. The five are one line of the hiragana chart — same consonant, vowels あ・い・う・え・お — and everything before that kana never changes.

か省かないnegative

き省きますpolite present

く省くdictionary form

け省けるpotential省けばif

こ省こうvolitional

The て and た forms · く → いて, いたい省いてte-form省いたpast

The て and た forms are the only two that don't follow this pattern. Every く- and ぐ-verb changes the same way there; only 行く is different.

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Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.

PLAIN

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present	省くはぶく habuku
past I left it out.	省いたはぶいた habuita
negative I don't leave it out.	省かないはぶかない habukanai
te-form I leave it out and …	省いてはぶいて habuite
past negative	省かなかったはぶかなかった habukanakatta
volitional Let's leave it out.	省こうはぶこう habukou
potential I can leave it out.	省けるはぶける habukeru
cond. ば If I leave it out, ...	省けばはぶけば habukeba
cond. たら When I leave it out, ...	省いたらはぶいたら habuitara
passive N2 It gets left out.	省かれるはぶかれる habukareru
causative N2	省かせるはぶかせる habukaseru
imperative N1 Leave it out!	省けはぶけ habuke

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present	省きますはぶきます habukimasu
past I left it out.	省きましたはぶきました habukimashita
negative I don't leave it out.	省きませんはぶきません habukimasen
past negative	省きませんでしたはぶきませんでした habukimasendeshita
volitional Let's leave it out.	省きましょうはぶきましょう habukimashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている I'm leaving it out.	省いているはぶいている habuiteiru
ていた I was leaving it out.	省いていたはぶいていた habuiteita
ています I'm leaving it out.	省いていますはぶいています habuiteimasu
ていました I was leaving it out.	省いていましたはぶいていました habuiteimashita