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Shimo nidan / lower two row verbs
The next most common verb type is taberu (to eat) and the likes:
roughly corresponding to the ichidan verbs of modern Japanese.
| mizenkei | tabe- | tabezu |
| renyoukei | tabe- | tabetari |
| shuushikei | tabu | tabu |
| rentaikei | taburu- | taburu mono |
| izenkei | tabure- | taburedomo |
| meireikei | tabeyo | tabeyo! |
Shimo ichidan / lower one row verbs
There is only one verb in classical Japanese that conjugates according to the
shimo ichidan pattern: it is keru, to kick.
| mizenkei | ke- | kezu |
| renyoukei | ke- | ketari |
| shuushikei | keru- | keru |
| rentaikei | keru- | keru mono |
| izenkei | kere- | keredomo |
| meireikei | keyo | keyo! |
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