Japanese reference

抱く

いだく

to harbor (a feeling); to hold

Regular · 32 form tables

Rows describe verb forms and levels of politeness. Honorific and humble forms are labeled separately. Strong commands appear under additional forms.

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Basic

Non past

抱く: Non past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Dictionary formいだく (idaku)harbor
Polite, masuいだきます (idakimasu)harbor

Negative

抱く: Negative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Negative, naiいだかない (idakanai)do not harbor
Polite negativeいだきません (idakimasen)do not harbor

Past

抱く: Past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Past, taいだいた (idaita)harbored
Polite pastいだきました (idakimashita)harbored

Past negative

抱く: Past negative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Past negativeいだかなかった (idakanakatta)did not harbor
Polite past negativeいだきませんでした (idakimasendeshita)did not harbor

Linking

Te form

抱く: Te form
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Te-formいだいて (idaite)harboring (and then)
Polite te-formいだきまして (idakimashite)harboring (and then)

Te iru

抱く: Te iru
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Te-iru: ongoing action / resulting stateいだいている (idaiteiru)be harboring
Polite te-iruいだいています (idaiteimasu)be harboring

Conditional, ba

抱く: Conditional, ba
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Conditional, baいだけば (idakeba)if you harbor
Rare literary polite conditionalいだきますれば (idakimasureba)if you harbor (rare and literary). In ordinary polite conversation, use the plain conditional and make the main clause polite

Conditional, tara

抱く: Conditional, tara
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Conditional, taraいだいたら (idaitara)if you harbor
Polite conditional, taraいだきましたら (idakimashitara)if you harbor

Mood

Potential

抱く: Potential
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Potentialいだける (idakeru)can harbor
Polite potentialいだけます (idakemasu)can harbor

Volitional

抱く: Volitional
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Volitionalいだこう (idakou)let's harbor!
Polite volitionalいだきましょう (idakimashou)let's harbor!

Desire, tai

抱く: Desire, tai
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Desire, taiいだきたい (idakitai)want to harbor
Polite desire, taiいだきたいです (idakitaidesu)want to harbor

Voice

Passive

抱く: Passive
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Passiveいだかれる (idakareru)be affected when someone harbors
Polite passiveいだかれます (idakaremasu)be affected when someone harbors

Causative

抱く: Causative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Causativeいだかせる (idakaseru)make or let someone harbor
Polite causativeいだかせます (idakasemasu)make or let someone harbor

Causative passive

抱く: Causative passive
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Causative-passiveいだかせられる (idakaserareru)be made to harbor
Polite causative-passiveいだかせられます (idakaseraremasu)be made to harbor

Commands

Negative imperative

抱く: Negative imperative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Negative imperativeいだくな (idakuna)do not harbor!
Polite negative requestいだかないでください (idakanaidekudasai)please do not harbor

Polite

Polite non past

抱く: Polite non past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Polite non-past formいだきます (idakimasu)harbor

Polite negative

抱く: Polite negative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Polite negative formいだきません (idakimasen)do not harbor

Polite past

抱く: Polite past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Polite past formいだきました (idakimashita)harbored

Polite past negative

抱く: Polite past negative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Polite past negative formいだきませんでした (idakimasendeshita)did not harbor

Requests

Request with kudasai

抱く: Request with kudasai
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Request with kudasaiいだいてください (idaitekudasai)please harbor

Negative request

抱く: Negative request
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Request not to actいだかないでください (idakanaidekudasai)please do not harbor

Invitation with mashou

抱く: Invitation with mashou
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Invitation with mashouいだきましょう (idakimashou)let's harbor!

Permission

抱く: Permission
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Permissionいだいてもいい (idaitemoii)may harbor
Polite permissionいだいてもいいです (idaitemoiidesu)may harbor

Not allowed

抱く: Not allowed
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Not allowedいだいてはいけない (idaitehaikenai)must not harbor
Polite prohibitionいだいてはいけません (idaitehaikemasen)must not harbor

Instruction with nasai

抱く: Instruction with nasai
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Instruction with nasaiいだきなさい (idakinasai)harbor (instruction)

Aspect

Try doing

抱く: Try doing
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Try doingいだいてみる (idaitemiru)try to harbor
Polite try doingいだいてみます (idaitemimasu)try to harbor

Completion or regret

抱く: Completion or regret
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Completion or regretいだいてしまう (idaiteshimau)harbor completely or regrettably
Polite completion or regretいだいてしまいます (idaiteshimaimasu)harbor completely or regrettably

Preparation

抱く: Preparation
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Preparationいだいておく (idaiteoku)harbor in advance
Polite preparationいだいておきます (idaiteokimasu)harbor in advance

Past experience

抱く: Past experience
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Past experienceいだいたことがある (idaitakotogaaru)have the experience of: harbored
Polite past experienceいだいたことがあります (idaitakotogaarimasu)have the experience of: harbored

Conditions

Automatic result, to

抱く: Automatic result, to
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Automatic result, toいだくと (idakuto)whenever you harbor
Polite automatic resultいだきますと (idakimasuto)whenever you harbor

Given that, nara

抱く: Given that, nara
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Given that, naraいだくなら (idakunara)if you mean to harbor

Probability

抱く: Probability
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Probabilityいだくだろう (idakudarou)probably harbor
Polite probabilityいだくでしょう (idakudeshou)probably harbor

Additional forms

Strong command

抱く: Strong command
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Imperativeいだけ (idake)harbor!
Polite requestいだいてください (idaitekudasai)please harbor

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