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払う, はらう
- harau
JLPT LEVEL 4
Definition
Godan verb with `u' ending, transitive verb
- to pay (e.g. money, a bill, one's taxes, etc.)
Definition
- to brush
- to wipe
- to clear away
- to dust off
- to prune away branches
Definition
- to drive away (e.g. one's competitors)
- to sweep out
Examples of 払う,はらう in a Sentence
After the assistant returned $1 to each one, each man had actually paid only $9.
After the assistant returned $1 to each one, each man had actually paid only $9.
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払う,はらう Conjugations
| Plain Polite | 払います |
|---|---|
| Negative | 払わない |
| Negative Polite | 払いません |
| Past | 払った |
| Past Polite | 払いました |
| Past Negative | 払わなかった |
| Past Negative Polite | 払いませんでした |
| Te Form | 払って |
| Progressive | 払っている |
| Progressive Polite | 払っています |
| Progressive Negative | 払ってない |
| Progressive Negative Polite | 払っていません |
| Passive | 払われる |
| Passive Te Form | 払われて |
| Imperative | 払いなさい |
| Imperative Polite | 払ってください |
| Imperative Polite Negative | 払わないでください |
| Optative | 払いたい |
| Optative Negative | 払いたくなかった |
| Optative Negative Polite (1st Form) | 払いたくないです |
| Optative Negative Polite (2nd Form) | 払いたくありません |
| Optative Past | 払いたかった |
| Optative Past Negative Polite (1st Form) | 払いたくなかったです |
| Optative Past Negative Polite (2nd Form) | 払いたくありませんでした |
| Optative Te Form | 払いたくて |
| Optative Conditional | 払いたければ |
| Gerund | 払いながら |
| Factitive | 払わせる |
| Factitive Shortened | 払わす |
| Potential | 払える |
| Potential Polite | 払えます |
| Conditional (Ba Form) | 払えば |
| Conditional (Tara Form) | 払ったら |
| Volitional | 払おう |
| Volitional Polite | 払いましょう |
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