I Love Kanjiよこす (yokosu)
よこす is a Japanese verb meaning “to send; to forward”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- よこす
- Romaji
- yokosu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to send; to forward · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
- to hand over (e.g. money) · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
- indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker · auxiliary verb, godan verb · usually written in kana · after the -te form of a verb; oft. with the nuance that the action is one-sided or unwelcome
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of よこす
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | よこす | よこす yokosu |
| Polite (~masu) | よこします | よこします yokoshimasu |
| Negative | よこさない | よこさない yokosanai |
| Polite negative | よこしません | よこしません yokoshimasen |
| Past | よこした | よこした yokoshita |
| Polite past | よこしました | よこしました yokoshimashita |
| Negative past | よこさなかった | よこさなかった yokosanakatta |
| Te-form | よこして | よこして yokoshite |
| Potential | よこせる | よこせる yokoseru |
| Passive | よこされる | よこされる yokosareru |
| Causative | よこさせる | よこさせる yokosaseru |
| Volitional | よこそう | よこそう yokosou |
| Imperative | よこせ | よこせ yokose |
| Conditional (~ba) | よこせば | よこせば yokoseba |
Source: JMdict entry 1013140 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.