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呪う

to curse

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Conjugation of 呪う

This verb follows the godan conjugation pattern.
私/俺
Present informal tense
呪う
norou
I curse
Present informal negative tense
呪わない
norowanai
I don't curse
Present formal tense
呪います
noroimasu
I curse
Present formal negative tense
呪いません
noroimasen
I do not curse
私/俺
Past informal tense
呪った
norotta
I cursed
Past informal negative tense
呪わなかった
norowanakatta
I didn't curse
Past formal tense
呪いました
noroimashita
I curse
Past formal negative tense
呪いませんでした
noroimasen deshita
I did not curse
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
呪え
noroe
curse
Imperative negative mood
呪うな
norou na
don't curse
Imperative formal mood
呪ってください
norotte kudasai
please curse
Imperative formal negative mood
呪わないでください
norowanai dekudasai
please do not curse
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
呪って
norotte
curse
Passive stem
呪われる
norowareru
cursed
Hypothetical tense
呪え
noroe
if I cursed
Hypothetical conditional stem
呪えば
noroeba
cursed
私/俺
Volitional stem
呪おう
noroō
will curse
Potential stem
呪える
noroeru
cursed
Continuative stem
呪い
noroi
cursing
Causative stem
呪わせる
norowaseru
allow to curse
私/俺
Imperfective stem
呪わ
norowa
curse

Examples of 呪う

呪われる

Curses us.

呪い 魂の開放 お金も

Curses, soul traveling attracting money.

同じ痛み　呪い 苦悩を持つ

We share the same pain, same curse, same affliction.

経験から言えば 通常の「呪い」ではない

From my experience, this doesn't seem to be a classic haunting.

同じ痛み　呪い 苦悩を持ってる

We share the same pain, same curse, same affliction.

"呪い"だ！

It's a curse.

そのうち のろわれる

See, bitch, you gonna wish you ain't did that. Watch.

のろい？

- Bad juju?