移す
うつす · utsusu
To transfer (to a different place, group, etc.), to change, to swap, to substitute
- to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.)
- to divert (one's attention) to
- to spend (time), to let (time) pass
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 移しますうつします |
| Polite negative (ません) | 移しませんうつしません |
| Polite past (ました) | 移しましたうつしました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 移しませんでしたうつしませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 移しましょううつしましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 移しうつし |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 移したいうつしたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 移しながらうつしながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 移してうつして |
| Plain past (た形) | 移したうつした |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 移したらうつしたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 移しているうつしている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 移さないうつさない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 移さなかったうつさなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 移さなくてうつさなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 移せるうつせる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 移せばうつせば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 移せうつせ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 移そううつそう |
| Passive (受身形) | 移されるうつされる |
| Causative (使役形) | 移させるうつさせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 移させられるうつさせられる |
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What does 移す mean?
To transfer (to a different place, group, etc.), to change, to swap, to substitute. It can also mean: to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to spend (time), to let (time) pass.
How do you pronounce 移す?
うつす (utsusu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
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