負ける

Japanese
Kanji in this term
負
ま
Grade: 3

Verb

負ける (transitive and intransitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana まける, rōmaji makeru)

Japanese verb pair
active 負かす
mediopassive 負ける
Sense: "to lose"
Japanese verb pair
active 負ける
mediopassive 負かる
Sense: "to reduce price"
  1. (intransitive) to lose; to be defeated
  2. (transitive) to lower in price

Conjugation
Conjugation of "負ける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 負け まけ make
Continuative (連用形) 負け まけ make
Terminal (終止形) 負ける まける makeru
Attributive (連体形) 負ける まける makeru
Hypothetical (仮定形) 負けれ まけれ makere
Imperative (命令形) 負けよ¹
負けろ²		 まけよ¹
まけろ²		 makeyo¹
makero²
Key constructions
Passive 負けられる まけられる makerareru
Causative 負けさせる
負けさす		 まけさせる
まけさす		 makesaseru
makesasu
Potential 負けられる
負けれる³		 まけられる
まけれる³		 makerareru
makereru³
Volitional 負けよう まけよう makeyō
Negative 負けない
負けぬ
負けん		 まけない
まけぬ
まけん		 makenai
makenu
maken
Negative continuative 負けず まけず makezu
Formal 負けます まけます makemasu
Perfective 負けた まけた maketa
Conjunctive 負けて まけて makete
Hypothetical conditional 負ければ まければ makereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential
Classical conjugation of "負く" (カ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 負けまけmake
Continuative (連用形) 負けまけmake
Terminal (終止形) 負くまくmaku
Attributive (連体形) 負くるまくるmakuru
Realis (已然形) 負くれまくれmakure
Imperative (命令形) 負けよまけよmakeyo
Key constructions
Negative 負けずまけずmakezu
Contrasting conjunction 負くれどまくれどmakuredo
Causal conjunction 負くればまくればmakureba
Conditional conjunction 負けばまけばmakeba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 負けきまけきmakeki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 負けけりまけけりmakekeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 負けつまけつmaketu
Perfect tense (natural event) 負けぬまけぬmakenu
Perfect-continuative tense 負けたりまけたりmaketari

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