申す
もうす · mousu (also spelled mosu)
To say, to be called
- to do
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 申しますもうします |
| Polite negative (ません) | 申しませんもうしません |
| Polite past (ました) | 申しましたもうしました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 申しませんでしたもうしませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 申しましょうもうしましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 申しもうし |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 申したいもうしたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 申しながらもうしながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 申してもうして |
| Plain past (た形) | 申したもうした |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 申したらもうしたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 申しているもうしている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 申さないもうさない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 申さなかったもうさなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 申さなくてもうさなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 申せるもうせる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 申せばもうせば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 申せもうせ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 申そうもうそう |
| Passive (受身形) | 申されるもうされる |
| Causative (使役形) | 申させるもうさせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 申させられるもうさせられる |
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What does 申す mean?
To say, to be called. It can also mean: to do.
How do you pronounce 申す?
もうす (mousu). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 申す?
JLPT N4 — upper beginner. See the JLPT N4 guide.
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