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JAPANESE VERB

りこん する

離婚する

to get divorced

  • #266 most used
  • する verb

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI get divorced
NegativeI don’t get divorced

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI got divorced
NegativeI didn’t get divorced

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formgetting divorced, and…
Doing now (て います)I am getting divorced
Please (て ください)please get divorced

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can get divorced
NegativeI can’t get divorced

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to get divorced
NegativeI don’t want to get divorced

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s get divorced

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I get divorced
  2. If, when (たら) if I get divorced

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am gotten divorced
CausativeI make someone get divorced

How to use りこん する

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

  1. Present and future

    にほん で は、 さんくみ に ひとくみ が りこん します。

    In Japan, one couple in three gets divorced.

  2. Past

    りょうしん は、 わたし が じゅっさい の とき に りこん した。

    My parents divorced when I was ten.

  3. Te-form

    あの ふたり は、 きょねん りこん して いる。

    Those two got divorced last year.

  4. Potential

    こども が ちいさい から、 まだ りこん できない。

    The kids are small, so I can't get divorced yet.

  5. Want to

    つま は りこん したい と いって いる。

    My wife says she wants a divorce.

  6. Volitional

    もう むり。 りこん しよう。

    I can't do this any more. Let's get divorced.

  7. Conditional

    りこん したら、 この いえ は どう する の？

    If you get divorced, what happens to this house?

  8. Commands and requests

    かんたん に りこん しないで。 よく はなしあって。

    Don't divorce lightly. Talk it through properly.

  9. Passive and causative

    ともだち は、 おくさん に りこん された。

    My friend's wife divorced him.

Good to know

  • The person you divorce takes と: おっと と りこん する.

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