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JAPANESE VERB

ほっと する

to feel relieved, to relax

  • #229 most used
  • する verb

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI feel relieved
NegativeI don’t feel relieved

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI felt relieved
NegativeI didn’t feel relieved

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formfeeling relieved, and…
Doing now (て います)I am feeling relieved
Please (て ください)please feel relieved

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can feel relieved
NegativeI can’t feel relieved

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to feel relieved
NegativeI don’t want to feel relieved

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s feel relieved

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I feel relieved
  2. If, when (たら) if I feel relieved

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) feel relieved (do it)
  2. Plain command feel relieved!
  3. Please don’t please don’t feel relieved

Passive and causative

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am felt relieved
CausativeI make someone feel relieved

How to use ほっと する

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present and future

    かぎ が みつかる と、 ほっと します ね。

    It's a relief when you find your keys, isn't it.

  2. Past

    ぶじ に ちゃくりく して、 ほっと した。

    We landed safely and I breathed a sigh of relief.

  3. Te-form

    ほっと して、 ちから が ぬけた。

    I was so relieved I went weak.

  4. Potential

    この カフェ は、 ひとり で ほっと できる ばしょ です。

    This cafe is a place where I can unwind alone.

  5. Want to

    はやく いえ に かえって、 ほっと したい。

    I want to get home soon and relax.

  6. Volitional

    はやく れんらく して、 はは を ほっと させよう。

    Let's get in touch quickly and set Mum's mind at rest.

  7. Conditional

    ほっと したら、 おなか が すいて きた。

    Once I relaxed, I started to get hungry.

  8. Commands and requests

    まだ ほっと しないで。 しあい は おわって いない。

    Don't relax yet. The game isn't over.

  9. Passive and causative

    むすこ の えがお が、 わたし を ほっと させました。

    My son's smile put me at ease.

Good to know

  • ほっと する is the breath you let out when a worry is over; あんしん する is the calm that lasts.
  • Relief comes by itself, so the volitional and passive sentences use ほっと させる, to put someone at ease.

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