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できる

to be able to (to accomplish)

dekiru

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Meanings

  1. 1
    to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do)ru-verbintransitive
  2. 2
    to be good at; to do well; to be proficient (in)ru-verbintransitive
  3. 3
    to come into existence; to form; to appearru-verbintransitive

JMdict 1340450

Conjugation

FormConjugatedReading
Polite Present (~masu)
できます
できます
Polite Past (~mashita)
できました
できました
Polite Negative (~masen)
できません
できません
Plain Negative (~nai)
できない
できない
Te-form (Connecting)
できて
できて
Plain Past (~ta)
できた
できた
Potential (Can do)
できられる
できられる

In a sentence

申し訳(もうしわけ)ないけど長居(ながい)できないんですよ。

I'm sorry, I can't stay long.

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