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Ichidan verb

拗れるこじれる

kojireru

to get complicated · N1

拗れる (こじれる, kojireru) — to get complicated — is an ichidan verb: こじれて (te-form), こじれた (past), こじれない (negative), こじれます (polite).

It is usually written in kana: こじれる rather than 拗れる. It also means to grow worse; to turn sour.

How こじれる conjugates · ichidan verb

Drop the , then add the ending.

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

こじれ dropsstem + ending
こじれないこじれないnegative · It doesn't get complicated. こじれますこじれますpolite present こじれこじれte-form · It gets complicated and … こじれこじれpast · It got complicated. こじれられるこじれられるpotential こじれればこじれればif · If it gets complicated, ... こじれようこじれようvolitional

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

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

FormConjugationAudio
present N5 こじれる 拗れる kojireru
past N5 It got complicated. こじれた 拗れた kojireta
negative N5 It doesn't get complicated. こじれない 拗れない kojirenai
te-form N5 It gets complicated and … こじれて 拗れて kojirete
past negative N4 It didn't get complicated. こじれなかった 拗れなかった kojirenakatta
volitional N4 こじれよう 拗れよう kojireyou
potential N3 こじれられる 拗れられる kojirerareru
cond. ば N3 If it gets complicated, ... こじれれば 拗れれば kojirereba
cond. たら N3 When it gets complicated, ... こじれたら 拗れたら kojiretara
passive N2 こじれられる 拗れられる kojirerareru
causative N2 I let it get complicated. こじれさせる 拗れさせる kojiresaseru
imperative N1 こじれろ 拗れろ kojirero

POLITE

FormConjugationAudio
present N5 こじれます 拗れます kojiremasu
past N5 It got complicated. こじれました 拗れました kojiremashita
negative N5 It doesn't get complicated. こじれません 拗れません kojiremasen
past negative N4 It didn't get complicated. こじれませんでした 拗れませんでした kojiremasendeshita
volitional N4 こじれましょう 拗れましょう kojiremashou

ASPECT

FormConjugationAudio
ている N4 It's gotten complicated. こじれている 拗れている kojireteiru
ていた N4 It had gotten complicated. こじれていた 拗れていた kojireteita
ています N4 It's gotten complicated. こじれています 拗れています kojireteimasu
ていました N4 It had gotten complicated. こじれていました 拗れていました kojireteimashita