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逆らう

to go against

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Conjugation of 逆らう

This verb follows the godan conjugation pattern.
私/俺
Present informal tense
逆らう
sakarau
I go against
Present informal negative tense
逆らわない
sakarawanai
I don't go against
Present formal tense
逆らいます
sakaraimasu
I go against
Present formal negative tense
逆らいません
sakaraimasen
I do not go against
私/俺
Past informal tense
逆らった
sakaratta
I went against
Past informal negative tense
逆らわなかった
sakarawanakatta
I didn't go against
Past formal tense
逆らいました
sakaraimashita
I go against
Past formal negative tense
逆らいませんでした
sakaraimasen deshita
I did not go against
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
逆らえ
sakarae
go against
Imperative negative mood
逆らうな
sakarau na
don't go against
Imperative formal mood
逆らってください
sakaratte kudasai
please go against
Imperative formal negative mood
逆らわないでください
sakarawanai dekudasai
please do not go against
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
逆らって
sakaratte
go against
Passive stem
逆らわれる
sakarawareru
went against
Hypothetical tense
逆らえ
sakarae
if I went against
Hypothetical conditional stem
逆らえば
sakaraeba
went against
私/俺
Volitional stem
逆らおう
sakaraō
will go against
Potential stem
逆らえる
sakaraeru
went against
Continuative stem
逆らい
sakarai
going against
Causative stem
逆らわせる
sakarawaseru
allow to go against
私/俺
Imperfective stem
逆らわ
sakarawa
go against

Examples of 逆らう

もし俺だったら 逆らわない

I wouldn't try anything if I was you, mate.

ウェインに 逆らって

The rest of you split up the rest of the clubs. Let's go.