This verb follows the ichidan conjugation pattern. This verb can also mean the following: jot, face, jot down, cut back, refrain, restrain, contend with, deal, cut, deal with
Conjugation of 控える
私/俺
Present informal tense
控える
hikaeru
I wait nearby
Present informal negative tense
控えない
hikaenai
I don't wait nearby
Present formal tense
控えます
hikaemasu
I wait nearby
Present formal negative tense
控えません
hikaemasen
I do not wait nearby
私/俺
Past informal tense
控えた
hikaeta
I waited nearby
Past informal negative tense
控えなかった
hikaenakatta
I didn't wait nearby
Past formal tense
控えました
hikaemashita
I wait nearby
Past formal negative tense
控えませんでした
hikaemasen deshita
I did not wait nearby
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
控えよ
hikaeyo
wait nearby
Imperative negative mood
控えるな
hikaeru na
don't wait nearby
Imperative formal mood
控えてください
hikaete kudasai
please wait nearby
Imperative formal negative mood
控えないでください
hikaenai dekudasai
please do not wait nearby
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
控えて
hikaete
wait nearby
Passive stem
控えられる
hikaerareru
waited nearby
Hypothetical tense
控えれ
hikaere
if I waited nearby
Hypothetical conditional stem
控えれば
hikaereba
waited nearby
私/俺
Volitional stem
控えよう
hikaeyō
will wait nearby
Potential stem
控えられる
hikaerareru
waited nearby
Continuative stem
控え
hikae
waiting nearby
Causative stem
控えさせる
hikaesaseru
allow to wait nearby
私/俺
Imperfective stem
控え
hikae
wait nearby
Examples of 控える
Example in Japanese
Translation in English
裸で寝るのは 控えよう
Thank you. And I shall refrain from sleeping naked.