Godan verb (る)
しくじる
shikujiruしくじる (shikujiru) — to fail — is a godan verb ending in る: しくじって (te-form), しくじった (past), しくじらない (negative), しくじります (polite).
It also means to blunder; to mess up.
How しくじる conjugates · godan る-verb
Only the last kana changes: る becomes ら, り, れ or ろ.
Which one depends on the ending. The five are one line of the hiragana chart — same consonant, vowels あ・い・う・え・お — and everything before that kana never changes.
らしくじらないnegative
りしくじりますpolite present
るしくじるdictionary form
れしくじれるpotentialしくじればif
ろしくじろうvolitional
The て and た forms · る → って, った
っしくじってte-formしくじったpast
The て and た forms are the only two that don't follow this pattern. Every う-, つ- and る-verb has the same って there.
Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | しくじる shikujiru | |
| past I messed up. | しくじった shikujitta | |
| negative I won't mess up. | しくじらない shikujiranai | |
| te-form I mess up and … | しくじって shikujitte | |
| past negative | しくじらなかった shikujiranakatta | |
| volitional | しくじろう shikujirou | |
| potential | しくじれる shikujireru | |
| cond. ば If I mess up, ... | しくじれば shikujireba | |
| cond. たら If I fail, ... | しくじったら shikujittara | |
| passive | しくじられる shikujirareru | |
| causative | しくじらせる shikujiraseru | |
| imperative | しくじれ shikujire |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | しくじります shikujirimasu | |
| past I messed up. | しくじりました shikujirimashita | |
| negative I won't mess up. | しくじりません shikujirimasen | |
| past negative | しくじりませんでした shikujirimasendeshita | |
| volitional | しくじりましょう shikujirimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I've messed up. | しくじっている shikujitteiru | |
| ていた I had messed up. | しくじっていた shikujitteita | |
| ています I've messed up. | しくじっています shikujitteimasu | |
| ていました I had messed up. | しくじっていました shikujitteimashita |