ます-stem
Patterns that hang off a verb's ます-stem.
ます-stem
The form
- slot
{V-masu-stem} - bare suffixnone — a stem, so a pattern attaches straight to it
- excludesi-adjectivena-adjectivenoun
Patterns that attach here
〜はじめる始めるN4
begin doing
〜ませんかませんかN5
won't you…?; how about…?
〜ましょうかましょうかN5
shall I…?; shall we…?
〜ましょうましょうN5
let's do
〜ながらながらN4
while doing; at the same time as
〜なさいなさいN4
do it — firm imperative from above
〜にいくに行くN5
go (somewhere) to do
〜にくいにくいN4
hard to …; resistant to
お〜くださいお〜くださいN4
please do (honorific request)
お〜になるお〜になるN4
honorific — an esteemed person does
お〜するお〜するN4
humble — the speaker does for an esteemed person
〜おわる終わるN4
finish doing
〜そうだそうだN4
looks like; about to; seems (from appearance)
〜すぎるすぎるN4
too …; overdo
〜たがるたがるN4
(someone else) wants to do; shows signs of wanting to
〜たいたいN5
want to do
〜つづける続けるN4
keep doing; continue to do
〜やすいやすいN4
easy to …; prone to