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間引く

to thin out

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Conjugation of 間引く

This verb follows the godan conjugation pattern.
私/俺
Present informal tense
間引く
mabiku
I thin out
Present informal negative tense
間引かない
mabikanai
I don't thin out
Present formal tense
間引きます
mabikimasu
I thin out
Present formal negative tense
間引きません
mabikimasen
I do not thin out
私/俺
Past informal tense
間引いた
mabiita
I thinned out
Past informal negative tense
間引かなかった
mabikanakatta
I didn't thin out
Past formal tense
間引きました
mabikimashita
I thin out
Past formal negative tense
間引きませんでした
mabikimasen deshita
I did not thin out
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
間引け
mabike
thin out
Imperative negative mood
間引くな
mabiku na
don't thin out
Imperative formal mood
間引いてください
mabiite kudasai
please thin out
Imperative formal negative mood
間引かないでください
mabikanai dekudasai
please do not thin out
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
間引いて
mabiite
thin out
Passive stem
間引かれる
mabikareru
thinned out
Hypothetical tense
間引け
mabike
if I thinned out
Hypothetical conditional stem
間引けば
mabikeba
thinned out
私/俺
Volitional stem
間引こう
mabikō
will thin out
Potential stem
間引ける
mabikeru
thinned out
Continuative stem
間引き
mabiki
thinning out
Causative stem
間引かせる
mabikaseru
allow to thin out
私/俺
Imperfective stem
間引か
mabika
thin out

Examples of 間引く

"皆殺し"じゃなく"間引き"よ

just thin the herd a bit.