Ichidan verb
興じるきょうじる
kyoujiru興じる (きょうじる, kyoujiru) — to amuse oneself — is an ichidan verb: 興じて (te-form), 興じた (past), 興じない (negative), 興じます (polite).
It also means to make merry.
How 興じる conjugates · ichidan verb
Drop the る, then add the ending.
Nothing else moves: every ending attaches straight to the stem 興じ. That is what makes ichidan the easy class.
興じる
dropsstem + ending
興じない興じないnegative · I don't amuse myself with it.
興じます興じますpolite present
興じて興じてte-form · I amuse myself with something and …
興じた興じたpast · I amused myself with it.
興じられる興じられるpotential · I can amuse myself with it.
興じれば興じればif · If I amuse myself with it, ...
興じよう興じようvolitional · Let's amuse ourselves with 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.
Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 興じる きょうじる kyoujiru | |
| past N5 I amused myself with it. | 興じた きょうじた kyoujita | |
| negative N5 I don't amuse myself with it. | 興じない きょうじない kyoujinai | |
| te-form N5 I amuse myself with something and … | 興じて きょうじて kyoujite | |
| past negative N4 | 興じなかった きょうじなかった kyoujinakatta | |
| volitional N4 Let's amuse ourselves with it. | 興じよう きょうじよう kyoujiyou | |
| potential N3 I can amuse myself with it. | 興じられる きょうじられる kyoujirareru | |
| cond. ば N3 If I amuse myself with it, ... | 興じれば きょうじれば kyoujireba | |
| cond. たら N3 | 興じたら きょうじたら kyoujitara | |
| passive N2 Someone makes merry around me. | 興じられる きょうじられる kyoujirareru | |
| causative N2 I let someone amuse themselves with it. | 興じさせる きょうじさせる kyoujisaseru | |
| imperative N1 | 興じろ きょうじろ kyoujiro |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 興じます きょうじます kyoujimasu | |
| past N5 I amused myself with it. | 興じました きょうじました kyoujimashita | |
| negative N5 I don't amuse myself with it. | 興じません きょうじません kyoujimasen | |
| past negative N4 | 興じませんでした きょうじませんでした kyoujimasendeshita | |
| volitional N4 Let's amuse ourselves with it. | 興じましょう きょうじましょう kyoujimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている N4 I'm amusing myself with it. | 興じている きょうじている kyoujiteiru | |
| ていた N4 I was amusing myself with it. | 興じていた きょうじていた kyoujiteita | |
| ています N4 I'm amusing myself with it. | 興じています きょうじています kyoujiteimasu | |
| ていました N4 I was amusing myself with it. | 興じていました きょうじていました kyoujiteimashita |