I Love Kanjiおっしゃる (ossharu)
おっしゃる is a Japanese verb meaning “to say; to speak”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- おっしゃる
- Romaji
- ossharu
- Word class
- Godan verb (honorific -aru)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to say; to speak; to tell · godan verb (honorific), transitive · usually written in kana, honorific
- to be called · godan verb (honorific), transitive · usually written in kana, honorific · as ...とおっしゃる after a person's name
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of おっしゃる
Godan verb (honorific -aru). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | おっしゃる | おっしゃる ossharu |
| Polite (~masu) | おっしゃいます | おっしゃいます osshaimasu |
| Negative | おっしゃらない | おっしゃらない ossharanai |
| Polite negative | おっしゃいません | おっしゃいません osshaimasen |
| Past | おっしゃった | おっしゃった osshatta |
| Polite past | おっしゃいました | おっしゃいました osshaimashita |
| Negative past | おっしゃらなかった | おっしゃらなかった ossharanakatta |
| Te-form | おっしゃって | おっしゃって osshatte |
| Passive | おっしゃられる | おっしゃられる ossharareru |
| Causative | おっしゃらせる | おっしゃらせる ossharaseru |
| Volitional | おっしゃろう | おっしゃろう ossharou |
| Imperative | おっしゃい | おっしゃい osshai |
| Conditional (~ba) | おっしゃれば | おっしゃれば osshareba |
Source: JMdict entry 1238840 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.