ます-stem
Patterns that hang off a verb's ます-stem.
ます-stem
Works with57
〜ましたところN3
I did X, and this is what came of it
〜次第N2
as soon as; the moment X is done
〜ながらN4
while doing; at the same time as
〜つつN2
while; even as — formal, two things at once, or acting despite knowing
〜つつあるN2
is in the process of; is gradually becoming — seen from outside
〜始めるN3
begin doing
finish doing
〜続けるN3
keep doing; continue to do
〜出すN3
suddenly start doing (often uncontrolled)
〜かけるN2
come close to doing; start doing but stop partway
〜切るN2
finish doing completely; do all the way through — nothing left over
〜っぱなしN2
left in a state, uncorrected (often negligently); also — keep doing nonstop
〜込むN2
do thoroughly — deep enough that it sinks in and stays
〜たてN2
fresh, straight from being made, picked or begun (a fixed few verbs)
〜抜くN2
carry through to the end; do all the way through despite hardship
〜っこないN2
no way — there is no chance at all of it happening
〜たいN5
want to do — the speaker's own wish, off the ます-stem
〜たがるN5
(someone else) wants to do; shows signs of wanting to
〜うるN2
can happen; is conceivably possible
〜かねるN2
cannot bring myself to; am not in a position to
〜がたいN2
hard to bring yourself to; next to impossible to
〜ながらもN2
though; even while — a restrained, one-person concession
go (somewhere) to do; come to do
〜そうだN4
looks like; about to; seems (from appearance)
〜そうもないN2
shows no sign of; doesn't look like it will
〜かねないN2
could well (and it wouldn't be good); there's a real chance that
too …; overdo
〜やすいN4
easy to …; prone to
〜にくいN4
hard to …; resistant to
〜さえすればN2
if only ...; all it takes is ...
〜方N5
how to do — the way of doing something, named as a thing
〜ましょうN5
let's do
〜ましょうかN5
shall I…?; shall we…?
〜ませんかN5
won't you…?; how about…?
〜なさいN4
do it — a firm order from above
お〜になるN4
honorific — an esteemed person does
お〜するN4
humble — the speaker does for an esteemed person
kindly do — a distanced, institutional request (announcements, business writing)
お〜くださいN4
please do (honorific request)
do it — dated, masculine command from a boss to someone below them
〜ましてN4
and; so — links one polite sentence to the next, formally
お〜ですN2
honorific — the shortest way to state someone's present state
〜っぽいN3
-ish; has a whiff of
〜がちN2
prone to; tends to (usually a negative pattern)
doesn't even — a small, expected act that just didn't happen
cutting part of a sentence at ます-stem or an adjective's く-form; written
carry the work through until the thing is finished; be finished
please, I beg you — a request with no claim on the listener
〜放題N3
as much as you like — no limit on how much you do
今にも〜そうだN3
any second now — you can see the change about to happen
〜きれないN2
more of it than can be got through — too much to finish
〜ましたっけN3
was it …? — asks for something you once knew and have forgotten
〜ますようにN3
may it turn out that — a wish sent to nobody in particular
〜通すN2
keep going without breaking off; hold it to the end
〜ようがないN2
have no way to — there's simply no method left to try
ぜひ〜たいN5
by all means; do — presses a wish rather than just stating it
〜づらいN2
hard to do — the doer finds it awkward, uncomfortable or unpleasant
About this form3
- what fills itgodan verb (五段)ichidan verb (一段)irregular (する)irregular (くる)
- ends innothing — a pattern joins it directly
- not fori-adjectivena-adjectivenoun