Forms and conjugation of Intransitive Verbs Can Intransitive verbs be used in Meirei form, Volitional form, form and other forms? According to my knowledge, Intransitive verbs are just used to state facts. So these forms should not exist. If I am asking someone to do something, the expression should use the transitive form of the verb. But in one anime (Bleach episode 114), when the hero sees his inner monster take over him, he says something which sounded like . The English translation was given as "Disappear!" But , which means "to go out; to vanish; to disappear", is an Intransitive verb. This makes me ask the question, can I use such forms with Intransitive verbs? To summarize, which of the forms work with Intransitive form and which don't? Thanks in advance!

There are specific verbs which don't take the potential form (offhand I remember , which changes to , and , which you can circumvent by using . Naturally, can't be put in the potential form either, due to recursion.). Other than that, I don't recall any verbs that are prohibited from using specified forms. Transitivity affects particle usage, but all of the verb forms remain available. In the case of intransitives and the imperative you can think of it as an order to put things in the state dictated by the verb (e.g. = "get yourself gone/make yourself scarce"; = "rise up!").