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やっつける (yattsukeru)

to attack (an enemy),to beat,to do away with,to finish off

  • JLPT N2
  • Ichidan verb
  • Pitch 4
  • #287717 most frequent

Meaning

やっつける (yattsukeru) is a JLPT N2 verb meaning “to attack (an enemy),to beat,to do away with,to finish off”.

Example sentences 9

主人公しゅじんこうが悪者わるものをやっつけた。

The hero beat up the villain.

ジャイアンツをやっつけろ。

Beat the Giants!

花四天を見事にやっつける。

He does a spectacular job in beating hanayoten.

我々われわれはたくさんの敵てきをやっつけた。

We defeated various enemies.

Conjugation table

やっつける is an ichidan verb (ru-verb). Every major form with romaji:

FormJapaneseRomaji
Dictionaryやっつけるyattsukeru
Negativeやっつけないyattsukenai
Pastやっつけたyattsuketa
Past negativeやっつけなかったyattsukenakatta
Polite (ます)やっつけますyattsukemasu
Polite negativeやっつけませんyattsukemasen
Polite pastやっつけましたyattsukemashita
Polite past negativeやっつけませんでしたyattsukemasendeshita
Te-formやっつけてyattsukete
Conditional (ば)やっつければyattsukereba
Conditional (たら)やっつけたらyattsuketara
Potentialやっつけられるyattsukerareru
Passiveやっつけられるyattsukerareru
Causativeやっつけさせるyattsukesaseru
Causative-passiveやっつけさせられるyattsukesaserareru
Volitionalやっつけようyattsukeyou
Volitional politeやっつけましょうyattsukemashou
Imperativeやっつけろyattsukero
Desire (たい)やっつけたいyattsuketai

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