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似合う

to suit

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Conjugation of 似合う

This verb follows the godan conjugation pattern. This verb can also mean the following: become, match
私/俺
Present informal tense
似合う
niau
I suit
Present informal negative tense
似合わない
niawanai
I don't suit
Present formal tense
似合います
niaimasu
I suit
Present formal negative tense
似合いません
niaimasen
I do not suit
私/俺
Past informal tense
似合った
niatta
I suited
Past informal negative tense
似合わなかった
niawanakatta
I didn't suit
Past formal tense
似合いました
niaimashita
I suit
Past formal negative tense
似合いませんでした
niaimasen deshita
I did not suit
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
似合え
niae
suit
Imperative negative mood
似合うな
niau na
don't suit
Imperative formal mood
似合ってください
niatte kudasai
please suit
Imperative formal negative mood
似合わないでください
niawanai dekudasai
please do not suit
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
似合って
niatte
suit
Passive stem
似合われる
niawareru
suited
Hypothetical tense
似合え
niae
if I suited
Hypothetical conditional stem
似合えば
niaeba
suited
私/俺
Volitional stem
似合おう
niaō
will suit
Potential stem
似合える
niaeru
suited
Continuative stem
似合い
niai
suiting
Causative stem
似合わせる
niawaseru
allow to suit
私/俺
Imperfective stem
似合わ
niawa
suit

Examples of 似合う

似合う

Really.

似合う 15年ぶりだ　デイモン

It's been 15 years, Damon.

ああ 似合う

Yes, it will!

似合う？

Does it look good on me?

その帽子　似合わない

That hat doesn't look like you.

- 似合わない? - すごくいい

What'd you do to your hair?

お前に ラモーナは 似合わない...

You're not cool enough for Ramona.

貴方には 似合わない

It's ridiculous even for you.

スパイみたいな服装も 似合わない

I can't even dress like a spy.

トーマス・ウルフの “神の孤独なる人”にあった

Yeah, sometimes.

トーマス・ウルフの "神の孤独なる人"にあった

There's this passage in God's Lonely Man by Thomas Wolfe where he says: