偽る
いつわる · itsuwaru
To lie, to pretend, to feign, to falsify
- to deceive, to trick
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 偽りますいつわります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 偽りませんいつわりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 偽りましたいつわりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 偽りませんでしたいつわりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 偽りましょういつわりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 偽りいつわり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 偽りたいいつわりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 偽りながらいつわりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 偽っていつわって |
| Plain past (た形) | 偽ったいつわった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 偽ったらいつわったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 偽っているいつわっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 偽らないいつわらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 偽らなかったいつわらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 偽らなくていつわらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 偽れるいつわれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 偽ればいつわれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 偽れいつわれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 偽ろういつわろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 偽られるいつわられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 偽らせるいつわらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 偽らされるいつわらされる |
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What does 偽る mean?
To lie, to pretend, to feign, to falsify. It can also mean: to deceive, to trick.
How do you pronounce 偽る?
いつわる (itsuwaru). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 3. Press Listen above to hear it.
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