射る
いる · iru
To shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 射ますいます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 射ませんいません |
| Polite past (ました) | 射ましたいました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 射ませんでしたいませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 射ましょういましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 射い |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 射たいいたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 射ながらいながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 射ていて |
| Plain past (た形) | 射たいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 射たらいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 射ているいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 射ないいない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 射なかったいなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 射なくていなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 射られるいられる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 射ればいれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 射ろいろ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 射よういよう |
| Passive (受身形) | 射られるいられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 射させるいさせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 射させられるいさせられる |
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What does 射る mean?
To shoot (arrow, bolt, dart).
How do you pronounce 射る?
いる (iru). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
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