I Love Kanji申す (mousu)
申す (もうす, mousu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to say; to be called”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- もうす
- Romaji
- mousu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to say; to be called · godan verb, transitive · humble
- to do · godan verb, transitive · humble · after a word beginning with お- or ご-
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 申す
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 | 申す | もうす mousu |
| Polite (~masu) | 申します | もうします moushimasu |
| Negative | 申さない | もうさない mousanai |
| Polite negative | 申しません | もうしません moushimasen |
| Past | 申した | もうした moushita |
| Polite past | 申しました | もうしました moushimashita |
| Negative past | 申さなかった | もうさなかった mousanakatta |
| Te-form | 申して | もうして moushite |
| Potential | 申せる | もうせる mouseru |
| Passive | 申される | もうされる mousareru |
| Causative | 申させる | もうさせる mousaseru |
| Volitional | 申そう | もうそう mousou |
| Imperative | 申せ | もうせ mouse |
| Conditional (~ba) | 申せば | もうせば mouseba |
Kanji in 申す
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 申す.
申し上げるもうしあげるto say申告しんこくreport申し訳もうしわけapology申し込むもうしこむto apply for申請しんせいapplication申し訳ないもうしわけないI'm sorry申込もうしこみapplication申出もうしでproposal申し出るもうしでるto offer申し入れるもうしいれるto propose申し分もうしぶんcomplaint
Source: JMdict entry 1363090 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.