片付ける
かたづける
to (clean) tidy up (v.t.), to put away
Katazukeru (片付ける) is an ichidan verb meaning "to (clean) tidy up (v.t.), to put away". Its polite form is 片付けます (katazukemasu), its te form is 片付けて (katazukete), its past form is 片付けた (katazuketa), and its negative form is 片付けない (katazukenai).
Ichidan verbJLPT N4
Katazukeru (片付ける) conjugation quick reference
片付ける means "to (clean) tidy up (v.t.), to put away". Its main forms are listed below, with links to the grammar pattern behind each form.
Katazukeru example sentences
部屋を片付けます。
I will tidy up the room.
昨日、おもちゃを片付けました。
I put away the toys yesterday.
まだ食器を片付けていません。
I haven’t cleaned up the dishes yet.
How to use Katazukeru: grammar notes
•Use 片付ける with を to show what you're tidying up—for example, 部屋を片付ける means "tidy up the room."
•Don’t use で for the place you’re cleaning—say 部屋を片付けた, not 部屋で片付けた.
•You can use に with a person to show who you're tidying up for—like 先生に部屋を片付けられた ("The teacher made me tidy the room").
•JLPT N4 level
Common phrases with Katazukeru
部屋を片付ける(へやをかたづける)
Tidy up the room
食事の後で食器を片付ける(しょくじのあとでしょっきをかたづける)
Put away the dishes after a meal
宿題を片付ける(しゅくだいをかたづける)
Get the homework done (finish homework)
Katazukeru (片付ける) conjugation table
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Forms | ||
| Dictionary Form | 片付ける | katazukeru |
| Masu Form | 片付けます | katazukemasu |
| Te Form | 片付けて | katazukete |
| Past Form | 片付けた | katazuketa |
| Negative Form | 片付けない | katazukenai |
| Past Negative | 片付けなかった | katazukenakatta |
| Polite Forms | ||
| Polite Present | 片付けます | katazukemasu |
| Polite Past | 片付けました | katazukemashita |
| Polite Negative | 片付けません | katazukemasen |
| Polite Past Negative | 片付けませんでした | katazukemasendeshita |
| Advanced Forms | ||
| Potential Form | 片付けられる | katazukerareru |
| Passive Form | 片付けられる | katazukerareru |
| Causative Form | 片付けさせる | katazukesaseru |
| Causative Passive | 片付けさせられる | katazukesaserareru |
| Volitional Form | 片付けよう | katazukeyou |
| Imperative Form | 片付けろ | katazukero |
| Conditional Forms | ||
| Conditional (ば) | 片付ければ | katazukereba |
| Conditional (たら) | 片付けたら | katazuketara |
| Other Forms | ||
| Progressive Form | 片付けている | katazuketeiru |
| Desire (たい) | 片付けたい | katazuketai |
| Prohibition | 片付けるな | katazukeruna |
