Ichidan verb
退けるしりぞける
shirizokeru退ける (しりぞける, shirizokeru) — to refuse — is an ichidan verb: 退けて (te-form), 退けた (past), 退けない (negative), 退けます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to reject; to turn down.
How 退ける conjugates · ichidan verb
Drop the る, then add the ending.
Nothing else moves: every ending attaches straight to the stem 退け. That is what makes ichidan the easy class.
退ける
dropsstem + ending
退けない退けないnegative · I don't reject it.
退けます退けますpolite present
退けて退けてte-form · I reject it and …
退けた退けたpast · I turned it down.
退けられる退けられるpotential · I can reject it.
退ければ退ければif · If I reject it, ...
退けよう退けようvolitional · Let's reject 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 | 退ける しりぞける shirizokeru | |
| past N5 I turned it down. | 退けた しりぞけた shirizoketa | |
| negative N5 I don't reject it. | 退けない しりぞけない shirizokenai | |
| te-form N5 I reject it and … | 退けて しりぞけて shirizokete | |
| past negative N4 I didn't reject it. | 退けなかった しりぞけなかった shirizokenakatta | |
| volitional N4 Let's reject it. | 退けよう しりぞけよう shirizokeyou | |
| potential N3 I can reject it. | 退けられる しりぞけられる shirizokerareru | |
| cond. ば N3 If I reject it, ... | 退ければ しりぞければ shirizokereba | |
| cond. たら N3 When I reject it, ... | 退けたら しりぞけたら shirizoketara | |
| passive N2 It gets rejected. | 退けられる しりぞけられる shirizokerareru | |
| causative N2 I make someone reject it. | 退けさせる しりぞけさせる shirizokesaseru | |
| imperative N1 Turn it down! | 退けろ しりぞけろ shirizokero |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 退けます しりぞけます shirizokemasu | |
| past N5 I turned it down. | 退けました しりぞけました shirizokemashita | |
| negative N5 I don't reject it. | 退けません しりぞけません shirizokemasen | |
| past negative N4 I didn't reject it. | 退けませんでした しりぞけませんでした shirizokemasendeshita | |
| volitional N4 Let's reject it. | 退けましょう しりぞけましょう shirizokemashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている N4 I'm rejecting it. | 退けている しりぞけている shirizoketeiru | |
| ていた N4 I was rejecting it. | 退けていた しりぞけていた shirizoketeita | |
| ています N4 I'm rejecting it. | 退けています しりぞけています shirizoketeimasu | |
| ていました N4 I was rejecting it. | 退けていました しりぞけていました shirizoketeimashita |