告る
こくる · kokuru
To confess one's love, to profess one's feelings
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 告りますこくります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 告りませんこくりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 告りましたこくりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 告りませんでしたこくりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 告りましょうこくりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 告りこくり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 告りたいこくりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 告りながらこくりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 告ってこくって |
| Plain past (た形) | 告ったこくった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 告ったらこくったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 告っているこくっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 告らないこくらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 告らなかったこくらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 告らなくてこくらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 告れるこくれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 告ればこくれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 告れこくれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 告ろうこくろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 告られるこくられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 告らせるこくらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 告らされるこくらされる |
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What does 告る mean?
To confess one's love, to profess one's feelings.
How do you pronounce 告る?
こくる (kokuru). Press Listen above to hear it.
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