Godan verb (む)

励むはげむ

hagemu

to work hard · N1

励む (はげむ, hagemu) — to work hard — is a godan verb ending in む: 励んで (te-form), 励んだ (past), 励まない (negative), 励みます (polite).

It also means to try hard; to strive.

How 励む conjugates · godan む-verb

Only the last kana changes: む becomes ま, み, め or も.

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.

ま励まないnegative

み励みますpolite present

む励むdictionary form

め励めるpotential励めばif

も励もうvolitional

The て and た forms · む → んで, んだん励んでte-form励んだpast

The て and た forms are the only two that don't follow this pattern. Every む-, ぶ- and ぬ-verb has the same んで there.

N5 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.

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

PLAIN

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	励むはげむ hagemu
past N5 I worked hard.	励んだはげんだ hagenda
negative N5 I don't work hard.	励まないはげまない hagemanai
te-form N5 I work hard and …	励んではげんで hagende
past negative N4	励まなかったはげまなかった hagemanakatta
volitional N4 Let's work hard.	励もうはげもう hagemou
potential N3 I can work hard.	励めるはげめる hagemeru
cond. ば N3 If I work hard, ...	励めばはげめば hagemeba
cond. たら N3	励んだらはげんだら hagendara
passive N2 He works hard at it.	励まれるはげまれる hagemareru
causative N2	励ませるはげませる hagemaseru
imperative N1 Work hard!	励めはげめ hageme

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	励みますはげみます hagemimasu
past N5 I worked hard.	励みましたはげみました hagemimashita
negative N5 I don't work hard.	励みませんはげみません hagemimasen
past negative N4	励みませんでしたはげみませんでした hagemimasendeshita
volitional N4 Let's work hard.	励みましょうはげみましょう hagemimashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている N4 I'm working hard at it.	励んでいるはげんでいる hagendeiru
ていた N4 I was working hard at it.	励んでいたはげんでいた hagendeita
ています N4 I'm working hard at it.	励んでいますはげんでいます hagendeimasu
ていました N4 I was working hard at it.	励んでいましたはげんでいました hagendeimashita