I Love Kanji外す (hazusu)
外す (はずす, hazusu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to remove; to take off”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- はずす
- Romaji
- hazusu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to remove; to take off; to detach; to unfasten; to undo · godan verb, transitive
- to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to exclude; to expel · godan verb, transitive
- to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to step out; to slip away · godan verb, transitive
- to dodge (a question, blow, etc.); to evade; to sidestep; to avoid (e.g. peak season) · godan verb, transitive
- to miss (a target, chance, punch, etc.) · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 外す
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 | 外す | はずす hazusu |
| Polite (~masu) | 外します | はずします hazushimasu |
| Negative | 外さない | はずさない hazusanai |
| Polite negative | 外しません | はずしません hazushimasen |
| Past | 外した | はずした hazushita |
| Polite past | 外しました | はずしました hazushimashita |
| Negative past | 外さなかった | はずさなかった hazusanakatta |
| Te-form | 外して | はずして hazushite |
| Potential | 外せる | はずせる hazuseru |
| Passive | 外される | はずされる hazusareru |
| Causative | 外させる | はずさせる hazusaseru |
| Volitional | 外そう | はずそう hazusou |
| Imperative | 外せ | はずせ hazuse |
| Conditional (~ba) | 外せば | はずせば hazuseba |
Kanji in 外す
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Source: JMdict entry 1203270 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.