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真似る

to imitate

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Conjugation of 真似る

This verb follows the ichidan conjugation pattern.
私/俺
Present informal tense
真似る
maneru
I imitate
Present informal negative tense
真似ない
manenai
I don't imitate
Present formal tense
真似ます
manemasu
I imitate
Present formal negative tense
真似ません
manemasen
I do not imitate
私/俺
Past informal tense
真似た
maneta
I imitated
Past informal negative tense
真似なかった
manenakatta
I didn't imitate
Past formal tense
真似ました
manemashita
I imitate
Past formal negative tense
真似ませんでした
manemasen deshita
I did not imitate
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
真似よ
maneyo
imitate
Imperative negative mood
真似るな
maneru na
don't imitate
Imperative formal mood
真似てください
manete kudasai
please imitate
Imperative formal negative mood
真似ないでください
manenai dekudasai
please do not imitate
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
真似て
manete
imitate
Passive stem
真似られる
manerareru
imitated
Hypothetical tense
真似れ
manere
if I imitated
Hypothetical conditional stem
真似れば
manereba
imitated
私/俺
Volitional stem
真似よう
maneyō
will imitate
Potential stem
真似られる
manerareru
imitated
Continuative stem
真似
mane
imitating
Causative stem
真似させる
manesaseru
allow to imitate
私/俺
Imperfective stem
真似
mane
imitate

Examples of 真似る

この上無い 恐怖が書かれてる 犯人はそれを 真似た

There's a lot of brutal imagery here, and our killer had a lot to choose from.