Ichidan verb
見せるみせる
miseru見せる (みせる, miseru) — to show — is an ichidan verb: 見せて (te-form), 見せた (past), 見せない (negative), 見せます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to display.
How 見せる conjugates · ichidan verb
Drop the る, then add the ending.
Nothing else moves: every ending attaches straight to the stem 見せ. That is what makes ichidan the easy class.
見せる
dropsstem + ending
見せない見せないnegative · I won't show it to anyone.
見せます見せますpolite present
見せて見せてte-form · I show it to someone and …
見せた見せたpast · I showed it to someone.
見せられる見せられるpotential · I can show it.
見せれば見せればif · If I show it, ...
見せよう見せようvolitional · Let's show it to him.
No sound changes and no vowel rows. The catch is telling ichidan from godan: plenty of godan verbs end in る too.
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Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 見せる みせる miseru | |
| past N5 I showed it to someone. | 見せた みせた miseta | |
| negative N5 I won't show it to anyone. | 見せない みせない misenai | |
| te-form N5 I show it to someone and … | 見せて みせて misete | |
| past negative N4 I didn't show it to anyone. | 見せなかった みせなかった misenakatta | |
| volitional N4 Let's show it to him. | 見せよう みせよう miseyou | |
| potential N3 I can show it. | 見せられる みせられる miserareru | |
| cond. ば N3 If I show it, ... | 見せれば みせれば misereba | |
| cond. たら N3 If I show it to someone, ... | 見せたら みせたら misetara | |
| passive N2 I get shown something. | 見せられる みせられる miserareru | |
| causative N2 | 見せさせる みせさせる misesaseru | |
| imperative N1 Show me! | 見せろ みせろ misero |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 見せます みせます misemasu | |
| past N5 I showed it to someone. | 見せました みせました misemashita | |
| negative N5 I won't show it to anyone. | 見せません みせません misemasen | |
| past negative N4 I didn't show it to anyone. | 見せませんでした みせませんでした misemasendeshita | |
| volitional N4 Let's show it to him. | 見せましょう みせましょう misemashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている N4 I'm showing it to someone. | 見せている みせている miseteiru | |
| ていた N4 I was showing it to someone. | 見せていた みせていた miseteita | |
| ています N4 I'm showing it to someone. | 見せています みせています miseteimasu | |
| ていました N4 I was showing it to someone. | 見せていました みせていました miseteimashita |