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Verbs
Dictionary Forms
Japanese | English Translation |
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食べる (たべる) | to eat |
見る (みる) | to look / to watch / to see |
起きる (おきる) | to wake up |
寝る (ねる) | to sleep |
書く(かく) | to write |
聴く(きく) | to listen |
歌う (うたう) | to sing |
言う (いう) | to say |
買う (かう) | to buy |
話す (はなす) | to talk / to speak |
ある | to be / to exist (inanimate) |
売る (うる) | to sell |
取る (とる) | to take / to grab |
飲む (のむ) | to drink |
読む (よむ) | to read |
する | to do (irregular) |
来る (くる) | to come (irregular) |
教える(おしえる) | to teach |
居る(いる) | to be (animate) |
作る(つくる) | to make / prepare food |
始める(はじめる) | to start |
判る(わかる) | to know (understand/comprehend) |
歩く(あるく) | to walk |
知る(しる) | to know (information) |
帰る(かえる) | return (go home to) (irregular for TE form, has small tsu) |
もてくる | to bring |
持つ(もつ) | to have |
頑張る(がんばる) | to do one's best |
踊る(おどる) | to dance |
住む(すむ) | to live |
死ぬ(しぬ) | to die |
登る(のぼる) | to climb / ascend |
待つ(まつ) | to wait |
思う(おもう) | to think |
運転する(うんてんする) | to drive (to operate / do a car) |
行く(いく) | to go |
乗る(のる) | to ride (a bus or horse, etc) |
曲がる(まがる) | to turn / bend |
使う(つかう) | to use |
座る(すわる) | to sit |
勝つ(かつ) | to win |
降る(くだる) | to descend / fall |
置く (おく) | to put (something down) |
なる | to become |
入る(はいる) | to enter |
走る(はしる) | to run |
見つける(みつける) | to find |
投げる(なげる) | to throw |
捕まえる(つかまえる) | to catch |
立つ(たつ) | to stand |
出る (でる) | to leave/go out |
遅ぶ(おそぶ) | to hang out / play (e.g. in a park) |
飛ぶ(とぶ) | to fly |
亡くなる(なくなる) | to pass away |
出て 行く(でて いく) | to go out |
残す (のこす) | to leave (behind) |
言い残す(いいのこす) | to leave word with (a person) |
可愛がる(かわいがる) | to love and take care of with affection |
破る(やぶる) | to break |
殺される(ころされる) | to be killed |
殺す(ころす) | to kill |
泊る(とまる) | to stay over |
。。。ことがある | to have an experience of... |
思い出す(おもいだす) | to recall |
始める(はじめる) | to start |
寝かせる (ねかせる) | to let someone sleep / put to bed |
子供を産む (こどもをうむ) | to give birth to a child |
大事にする (だいじにする) | to treat (a person or thing) seriously and with care |
とめる | to give shelter to / to lodge |
気の毒に思う (きのどくにおもう) | to feel pitiful |
探す (さがす) | to look for |
困る (こまる) | to be in trouble |
なくす | to lose |
話しかける (はなしかける) | to talk to |
降りる (おりる) | to get off |
経つ (たつ) | to pass (time) |
気を失う (きをうしなう) | to lose consciousness |
起こす (おこす) | to wake someone up |
姿を消す (すがたをけす) | to disappear |
言う (いう) | to say |
忘れる (わすれる) | to forget |
話す (はなす) | to tell / speak |
。。。やる | to do ... for you [やる means to give. following a verb in te-form, it indicates the action was done for the person]. |
助ける (たすける) | to save (a life) |
見つめる (みつめる) | to gaze / stare at |
出る (でる) | to come/go out or leave |
動く (うごく) | to move |
逃げる(にげる) | to run away |
出す(だす) | to let something out |
。。。とする | to attempt / try |
驚く(おどろく) | to be shocked |
吹きかける(ふきかける) | to blow upon |
着る(きる) | to wear |
目を覚ます(めをさます) | to wake up |
横になる(よこになる) | to lie down |
眠る(ねむる) | to sleep |
敷く(しく) | to lay out |
。。。ことにする | ... to decide on/to Ex. すうがくをせんこうすることにしました -- I decided to major in math. |
やむ | to stop |
つなぐ | to tie |
歩く(あるく) | to walk |
やめる | to stop/quit |
帰る (かえる) | return / go home |
降る(ふる) | to fall (for rain and snow) |
出て来る(でてくる) | to come out |
渡る(わたる) | to cross |
切る(きる) | to cut (irregular TE form, has a small tsu) |
。。。に行く(...にいく) | To go somewhere to do ... Use: Put verb in stem form and add にいく。Conjugation of いく determines tense of the sentence. Example: ほんやにほんをかいにいきました=I went to the bookstore to buy a book. |
借りる (かりる) | to borrow |
開ける(あける) 開く(あく) | to open 開ける - to open (something) takes a direct object 開く- something IS open (intransitive verb), nobody's action |
嗅ぐ(かぐ) | to sniff |
急ぐ(いそぐ) | to hurry |
べんきようする | to study |
旅行する (りよこうする) | to travel |
消す(けす) | to turn off / delete / erase |
押す(おす) | to push / to press |
貸す(かす) | to lend / rent |
直す(なおす) | to fix |
持ってくる(もってくる) | to take something somewhere |
(に)産む | to give birth to / deliver |
掃除する(そうじする) | to clean (a thing or room) |
洗う(あらう) | to wash |
に。。。飽きる(あきる) | to get tired of / lose interest in / get bored with |
知る(しる) | to know / find out |
休む(やすむ) | to rest / take time off |