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JAPANESE VERB

かくす

隠す

to hide something

  • #289 most used
  • Godan verb (u-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI hide something
NegativeI don’t hide something

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI hid something
NegativeI didn’t hide something

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formhiding something, and…
Doing now (て います)I am hiding something
Please (て ください)please hide something

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can hide something
NegativeI can’t hide something

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to hide something
NegativeI don’t want to hide something

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s hide something

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I hide something
  2. If, when (たら) if I hide something

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am hidden something
CausativeI make someone hide something

How to use かくす

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

  1. Present and future

    おかし は たな の うえ に かくします。

    I hide the sweets on top of the shelf.

  2. Past

    プレゼント を おしいれ に かくした。

    I hid the present in the closet.

  3. Te-form

    なにか かくして いる でしょう？

    You're hiding something, aren't you?

  4. Potential

    この へや で は なに も かくせない。

    You can't hide anything in this room.

  5. Want to

    しろい かみ を かくしたい。

    I want to hide my grey hair.

  6. Volitional

    ベン の たんじょうび まで、 ケーキ を かくそう。

    Let's hide the cake until Ben's birthday.

  7. Conditional

    ほんとう の こと を かくせば、 あと で こまる。

    If you hide the truth, you'll be in trouble later.

  8. Commands and requests

    わたし に なに も かくさないで ください。

    Please don't hide anything from me.

  9. Passive and causative

    こども に めがね を かくされた。

    My kid hid my glasses.

Where you hear かくす

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Japanese · Intermediate Level 1

  • プレゼント を はこ に かくす。 I hide the present in a box.
  • てがみ を ひきだし に かくした。 I hid the letter in a drawer.
  • あした、 プレゼント を かくそう。 Tomorrow I'll hide the present.
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The Ring

Intermediate Level 1 · かくそう

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).