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JAPANESE VERB

おじゃま する

お邪魔 する

to visit someone's home politely

  • #191 most used
  • する verb

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI visit someone's home politely
NegativeI don’t visit someone's home politely

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI visited someone's home politely
NegativeI didn’t visit someone's home politely

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formvisiting someone's home politely, and…
Doing now (て います)I am visiting someone's home politely
Please (て ください)please visit someone's home politely

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can visit someone's home politely
NegativeI can’t visit someone's home politely

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to visit someone's home politely
NegativeI don’t want to visit someone's home politely

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s visit someone's home politely

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I visit someone's home politely
  2. If, when (たら) if I visit someone's home politely

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) visit someone's home politely (do it)
  2. Plain command visit someone's home politely!
  3. Please don’t please don’t visit someone's home politely

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am visited someone's home politely
CausativeI make someone visit someone's home politely

How to use おじゃま する

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

  1. Present and future

    こんにちは、 ゆい です。 おじゃま します。

    Hello, it's Yui. Excuse me for coming in.

  2. Past

    きのう、 せんせい の おたく に おじゃま した。

    Yesterday I visited my teacher's home.

  3. Te-form

    こんな じかん に おじゃま して、 すみません。

    I'm sorry to call on you at this hour.

  4. Potential

    にちようび に おじゃま できます か？

    May I come round on Sunday?

  5. Want to

    こんど、 ベン さん の うち に おじゃま したい です。

    I'd like to visit your place sometime, Ben.

  6. Volitional

    らいしゅう、 さとう さん の うち に おじゃま しよう。

    Let's visit Mrs. Sato's home next week.

  7. Conditional

    おじゃま したら、 げんかん で くつ を ぬいで ね。

    When you visit, take your shoes off at the entrance.

  8. Commands and requests

    れんらく なし で おじゃま しないで ください。

    Please don't call on people without letting them know.

  9. Passive and causative

    こんど、 ゆっくり おじゃま させて ください。

    Please let me come and visit properly sometime.

Good to know

  • おじゃま します is said as you step into someone's home, and おじゃま しました as you leave.

Where you hear おじゃま する

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

Japanese · Beginner Level 2

  • ときどき、 ゆい さん の うち に おじゃまします。 I sometimes visit Yui's home.
  • きのう、 ともだち の うち に おじゃましました。 I visited a friend's home yesterday.
  • らいしゅう、 また おじゃまします。 I'll visit again next week.
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Autumn Leaves

Beginner Level 2 · また おじゃまします。

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