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たい — want to

たい is the #30 most common word in Japanese, a other. It means “want to” and is pronounced [ta̠i].

#30frequency rank

0.23%of everyday Japanese text

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Forms of たい

Form	What it is	Meaning
たく	adverbial	want to
たかろ	present	want to
たかれ	command	want to
たくない	negative	want to
たかった	past	want to
たくなかった	past · negative	want to
たいです	polite	want to
たくないです	negative · polite	want to
たかったです	past · polite	want to
たくなかったです	past · negative · polite	want to
たければ	conditional	want to
たかったら	conditional	want to
たさ	noun from adj	want to
たく	irrealis	want to
たから	irrealis	want to
たけれ	realis	want to
たからず	negative	want to
たけれど	contrastive	want to
たくば	conditional	want to
たかりき	past	want to
たかりけり	past	want to
度い	alternative, kanji, obsolete	want to

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