JLPT N3 · Verb

生やす (hayasu)

生やす (はやす, hayasu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to grow; to cultivate”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
はやす
Romaji
hayasu
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to grow; to cultivate · godan verb, transitive
  2. to let grow (e.g. weeds) · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

あごひげをはやした神様は自分が離れたのと同じ方法で戻ってくると約束していた。
The bearded god had promised to return someday in the same way he had left.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 生やす

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary生やすはやす hayasu
Polite (~masu)生やしますはやします hayashimasu
Negative生やさないはやさない hayasanai
Polite negative生やしませんはやしません hayashimasen
Past生やしたはやした hayashita
Polite past生やしましたはやしました hayashimashita
Negative past生やさなかったはやさなかった hayasanakatta
Te-form生やしてはやして hayashite
Potential生やせるはやせる hayaseru
Passive生やされるはやされる hayasareru
Causative生やさせるはやさせる hayasaseru
Volitional生やそうはやそう hayasou
Imperative生やせはやせ hayase
Conditional (~ba)生やせばはやせば hayaseba

Kanji in 生やす

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 生やす.

Source: JMdict entry 1378760 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.