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.

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

PLAIN

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	着るきる kiru
past N5 I wore it.	着たきた kita
negative N5 I don't wear it.	着ないきない kinai
te-form N5 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 It gets worn.	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

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	着ますきます kimasu
past N5 I wore it.	着ましたきました kimashita
negative N5 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

Form	Conjugation	Audio
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