- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

common (kanji info)
  1. 1. [v5r, vi] to be (animate); to be; to exist (uk, hum)
  2. 2. [aux-v, v5r] to be ...-ing — after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action
  3. 3. [aux-v, v5r] to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed — after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing state
  4. 4. [suf, v5r] to (have the audacity to) do — after the -masu stem of a verb; indicates contempt or disdain for another's actions

Conjugation — Verb (godan-ru)

Dictionary form (oru)
Polite (orimasu)
Past, plain (otta)
Past, polite (orimashita)
Negative, plain (oranai)
Negative, polite (orimasen)
Past negative, plain (oranakatta)
Past negative, polite (orimasendeshita)
Te-form (otte)
Potential (oreru)
Volitional (orou)
Conditional (―ba) (oreba)
Passive (orareru)
Causative (oraseru)
Imperative (ore)

Kanji in this word

Example Sentences

This was he of whom I said, "He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me."
They're all fine, thank you.