I Love Kanji騙す (damasu)
騙す (だます, damasu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to trick; to cheat”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- だます
- Romaji
- damasu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to swindle; to dupe · godan verb, transitive
- to coax; to wheedle; to soothe; to calm · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 騙す
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 | 騙す | だます damasu |
| Polite (~masu) | 騙します | だまします damashimasu |
| Negative | 騙さない | だまさない damasanai |
| Polite negative | 騙しません | だましません damashimasen |
| Past | 騙した | だました damashita |
| Polite past | 騙しました | だましました damashimashita |
| Negative past | 騙さなかった | だまさなかった damasanakatta |
| Te-form | 騙して | だまして damashite |
| Potential | 騙せる | だませる damaseru |
| Passive | 騙される | だまされる damasareru |
| Causative | 騙させる | だまさせる damasaseru |
| Volitional | 騙そう | だまそう damasou |
| Imperative | 騙せ | だませ damase |
| Conditional (~ba) | 騙せば | だませば damaseba |
Kanji in 騙す
Source: JMdict entry 1574550 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.