音読み: シン
訓読み: もうす
画数: 5
部首: た（田）
Meaning
Say (humble) / Declare / Report
- Basic forms
- 申す — to say (humble) / to state / base form
- 申します — (I) say / (I) state / masu form
- 申した — said / stated / ta form
- 申して — saying / please say / te form
- 申さない — do not say / negative
- 申せば — if (I) say / conditional
- 申せ — say! / imperative
- Other common forms
- と申します — my name is… (humble self-intro)
- 〜と申しまして — as I said / as I explained
- 申しております — (I am) saying
- More
- 申そう — let me say / volitional
- 申さなかった — did not say / negative past
- 申している — is saying / progressive
申す（もうす） is a godan humble verb, used instead of 言う when speaking politely about oneself or one’s in-group.
- 申す — to say (humble)
- 申込み — application
- 申し訳 — apology / excuse
- 申告 — declaration (e.g., taxes)
- 申請 — application (formal request)
- 申達 — report / communication
Compound Verbs - tap to expand
- 申し上げる — to say humbly; to respectfully state
- 申し込む — to apply; to sign up; to make a formal request
- 申し出る — to offer; to propose; to report formally
The kanji 申 originally depicted lightning stretching down from the sky — an image of “extending.” It later came to mean “to say,” especially in humble or formal contexts.