Katsuyo

Ichidan verb

着るきる

kiru

to wear (from the shoulders down) · N5

Also read きる: 切る (cut), 斬る (slay). All 3 words

着る (きる, kiru) — to wear — is an ichidan verb: 着て (te-form), 着た (past), 着ない (negative), 着ます (polite).

It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to put on.

How 着る conjugates · ichidan verb

Drop the る, then add the ending.

Nothing else moves: every ending attaches straight to the stem 着. That is what makes ichidan the easy class.

着る dropsstem + ending
着ない着ないnegative · I don't wear it. 着ます着ますpolite present 着て着てte-form · I put it on and … 着た着たpast · I wore it. 着られる着られるpotential · I can wear it. 着れば着ればif · If I put it on, ... 着よう着ようvolitional · Let's wear it.

No sound changes and no vowel rows. The catch is telling ichidan from godan: plenty of godan verbs end in る too.

N4 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

FormConjugationAudio
present 着る きる kiru
past I wore it. 着た きた kita
negative I don't wear it. 着ない きない kinai
te-form I put it on and … 着て きて kite
past negative N4 I didn't wear it. 着なかった きなかった kinakatta
volitional N4 Let's wear it. 着よう きよう kiyou
potential N3 I can wear it. 着られる きられる kirareru
cond. ば N3 If I put it on, ... 着れば きれば kireba
cond. たら N3 If I wear it, ... 着たら きたら kitara
passive N2 着られる きられる kirareru
causative N2 I make someone wear it. 着させる きさせる kisaseru
imperative N1 Put it on! 着ろ きろ kiro

POLITE

FormConjugationAudio
present 着ます きます kimasu
past I wore it. 着ました きました kimashita
negative I don't wear it. 着ません きません kimasen
past negative N4 I didn't wear it. 着ませんでした きませんでした kimasendeshita
volitional N4 Let's wear it. 着ましょう きましょう kimashou

ASPECT

FormConjugationAudio
ている N4 I'm wearing it. 着ている きている kiteiru
ていた N4 I was wearing it. 着ていた きていた kiteita
ています N4 I'm wearing it. 着ています きています kiteimasu
ていました N4 I was wearing it. 着ていました きていました kiteimashita