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Ultimate Verb List!
All of the verbs listed in the Wakatta! Textbook + Obento Verbs
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| あく | To (become) open |
| ぼしゅうする | To advertise for, recruit |
| さんせいする | To agree |
| はっぴょうする | To announce, present |
| こたえる | To answer |
| でんわにでる | To answer the phone |
| おうぼする | To apply for |
| つく | To arrive |
| とうちゃくする | To arrive |
| たのむ | To ask (someone to do something) |
| けいかんにきく | To ask a policeman |
| ふじんけいかんにきく | To ask a policewoman |
| しつもんする | To ask a question |
| きく | To ask, listen |
| いらっしゃる | To be, come |
| たすかる | To be a help |
| じゃまする | To be a nuisance, to disturb |
| なれる | To be able to become |
| できる | To be able to do/To be ready, finished |
| つれる | To be able to fish |
| いける | To be able to go |
| きこえる | To be able to hear, be audible |
| みえる | To be able to see, be visible |
| おくれる | To be able to send |
| ねむれる | To be able to sleep |
| はなせる | To be able to speak |
| つかえる | To be able to use |
| うまれる | To be born |
| はっきりする | To be clear |
| きまる | To be decided |
| がっかりする | To be disappointed |
| みつかる | To be found |
| おなかがすいている | To be hungry |
| ぐあいがわるい | To be ill |
| まにあう | To be in time |
| じこにあう | To be involved in an accident |
| ちこくする | To be late |
| おせわになる | To be looked after |
| きがあう | To be on the same wavelength |
| にんきがある | To be popular |
| ほこりにおもう | To be proud of |
| あんしんする | To be relieved |
| しかられる | To be scolded |
| びっくりする | To be surprised |
| やくにたつ | To be useful |
| なる | To become/To ring, sound |
| ともだちになる | To become (make) friends |
| たいくつする | To become bored |
| こわれる | To become broken |
| じしんがつく | To become confident |
| こむ | To become crowded |
| よろこぶ | To become delighted |
| あわてる | To become flustered, panic |
| どくりつする | To become independent |
| まいごになる | To become lost (child) |
| ちからがつく | To become proficient |
| ちらばる | To become scattered |
| しっかるする | To become strong or firm |
| はじまる | To begin |
| ちがでる | To bleed |
| さく | To bloom |
| かりる | To borrow |
| いきをすう | To breathe in |
| いきをはく | To breathe out |
| つれてくる | To bring (a person) |
| もってくる | To bring (a thing) |
| はをみがく | To brush one's teeth |
| みがく | To brush, polish |
| いじめる | To bully, torment |
| もえる | To burn |
| よぶ | To call, invite |
| かぜをひく | To catch a cold |
| いわう | To celebrate |
| へんかする | To change |
| きがえる | To change (clothes) |
| かえる | To change (something) |
| きがかわる | To change one's mind |
| のりかえる | To change train, bus, etc. |
| かわる | To change, become different |
| しゃべる | To chat, talk |
| えらぶ | To choose, select |
| そうじする | To clean |
| のぼる | To climb, go up |
| あつめる | To collect, gather |
| でる | To come out at/To come out, be published/To go out of/To participate in |
| むかえにく | To come to meet |
| あつまる | To come together, gather |
| かよう | To commute |
| くらべる | To compare |
| きょうそうする | To compete |
| そうだんする | To consult, ask |
| つづける | To continue |
| つづぐ | To continue |
| りょうりする | To cook |
| きょうりょくする | To cooperate |
| わたる | To cross |
| なく | To cry |
| きる | To cut |
| きめる | To decide |
| へらす | To decrease |
| へる | To decrease |
| はいたつする | To deliver |
| しゅっぱつする | To depart |
| はってんする | To develop, grow, expand |
| しぬ | To die |
| うえじにする | To die of hunger |
| なくなる | To disappear |
| わける | To divide |
| やる | To do |
| すもうをとる | To do Japanese wrestling |
| べつになにもしない | To do nothing in particular |
| へんぶつする | To do sightseeing |
| けんたくする | To do the washing |
| うんてんする | To drive |
| せんきょする | To elect |
| やとう | To employ |
| おわる | To end |
| たのしむ | To enjoy |
| にゅうがくする | To enrol (school) |
| たいがくにゅがくする | To enrol in university |
| はいる | To enter, to go in, to fit in |
| うんどうする | To exercise |
| けいけんする | To experience |
| せいめいする | To explain |
| ゆしゅつする | To export |
| しけんにおちる | To fail an examination |
| ころぶ | To fall over |
| たおれる | To fall over |
| かんじる | To feel |
| はずかしい | To feel embarrassed |
| ほっとする | To feel relieved |
| みつける | To find |
| しゅうしょくする | To find employment |
| しまう | To finish completely |
| つる | To fish |
| ながれる | To flow |
| とぶ | To fly, jump |
| おる | To fold, break |
| わすれる | To forget |
| おこる | To get angry |
| おなかがすく | To get hungry |
| けがをする | To get injured |
| こまる | To get into a difficult situation |
| みちにまよう | To get lost |
| けっこんする | To get married |
| おりる | To get off, go down |
| なかがいい | To get on well |
| ___[に]のる | To get on, ride on __ |
| ひにやける | To get sunburnt/tanned |
| つかれる | To get tired |
| おきる | To get up |
| なれる | To get used to |
| あげる | To give |
| くれる | To give (to me) |
| うむ | To give birth |
| しゅくだいをだす | To give homework |
| おくっていく | To give someone a lift, to accompany |
| あきらめる | To give up |
| まわる | To go around |
| さがる | To go down |
| かいだんをおりる | To go downstairs |
| にゅういんする | To go into hospital (as a patient) |
| デートする | To go on a date |
| でかける | To go out |
| とおる | To go through/along |
| むかえにいく | To go meet |
| だいがくにはいる | To go to university |
| あがる | To go up |
| かいだんをのぼる | To go upstairs |
| そつぎょうする | To graduate |
| あいさつする | To greet |
| わたす | To hand, pass |
| おこる | To happen |
| やく | To grill, roast, bake |
| としをとる | To grow old |
| あんないする | To guide, show around |
| もっている | To have |
| ふろにはいる | To have a bath |
| おふるにはいる | To have a bath |
| ユーモアがある | To have a good sense of humour |
| しょくじをする | To have a meal |
| シャワーをあびる | To have a shower |
| ねつがある | To have a temperature |
| びょうきをする | To have an illness |
| きょうみがある | To have an interest |
| しゅじゅつをする | To have an operation |
| かみ(のけ)がくろい | To have black hair |
| あさごはんをたべる | To have breakfast |
| かみ(のけ)がちゃいろ | To have brown hair |
| ばんごはんをたべる | To have dinner |
| かみ(のけ)がながい | To have long hair |
| ひるごはんをたべる | To have lunch |
| かみ(のけ)がみじかい | To have short hair |
| てつだう | To help, give a hand |
| パーティーをする | To hold a party |
| さぼうする | To hope, desire |
| いそぐ | To hurry |
| いみんする | To immigrate |
| ゆにゅうする | To import |
| ちからをつける | To improve |
| ふえる | To increase |
| ふやす | To increase |
| えいきょうをあたえる | To influence |
| けんがくする | To inspect (for study) |
| しょうかいする | To introduce |
| しらべる | To investigate, to look up |
| さそう | To invite |
| しょうたいする | To invite |
| にっきをつける | To keep a diary |
| がんばる | To keep on trying |
| わらう | To laugh |
| まなぶ | To learn (formal) |
| ならう | To learn (from someone) |
| のこす | To leave (over) |
| うちをでる | To leave the house |
| しらせる | To let know, to inform |
| ならぶ | To line up |
| せわする | To look after (someone) |
| さがす | To look for |
| たのしみにする | To look forward to |
| ___[に]にている | To look like, be similar |
| じしょをひく | To look up a dictionary |
| なくす | To lose |
| まける | To lose (competition) |
| しつぎょうする | To lose employment |
| やせる | To lose weight |
| けいかくをたてる | To make (a) plan(s) |
| おとをたてる | To make a noise |
| よやくする | To make a reservation |
| どりょくする | To make an effort |
| ねんのため | To make sure |
| なかなおりする | To make up, resolve differences |
| なんとかなる | To manage somehow |
| けいえいする | To manage, run |
| あう | To match, suit/To meet |
| かまう | To matter, mind |
| はかる | To measure |
| うごく | To move |
| ほっこす | To move house |
| いる | To need |
| きがつく | To notice |
| はんたいする | To oppose ___ |
| ちゅうもんする | To order |
| むりする | To overdo something |
| つめる | To pack |
| わかれる | To part, split up |
| はなれる | To part/seperate from |
| たつ | To pass (time), go by/To stand up |
| しけんにうかる | To pass an examination |
| なくなる | To pass away (die) |
| すぎる | To pass by (time) |
| はらう | To pay |
| ひろう | To pick up |
| テントをはる | To pitch a tent |
| れんしゅうする | To pratice |
| ほめる | To praise |
| いのる | To pray |
| よういする | To prepare |
| じゅんびする | To prepare |
| きんしする | To prohibit |
| はつおんする | To pronounce |
| はんえいする | To prosper |
| さんかえる | To prosper |
| ほごする | To protect |
| まもる | To protect, defend |
| おす | To push |
| ふとんをしく | To put (spread) out one's futon |
| いれる | To put in |
| ふとる | To put on weight |
| のせる | To put onto |
| かさをさす | To put up an unbrella |
| けんかする | To quarrel, fight, argue |
| あめがふる | To rain |
| おもいだす | To recall, remember |
| もらう | To recieve |
| いただく | To recieve from a superior |
| ろくおんする | To record (sound) |
| のんびりする | To relax |
| のこる | To remain |
| おぼえる | To remember, memorise |
| そんけいする | To respect |
| やすむ | To rest, stay away, miss |
| うちへかえる | To return home |
| かえす | To return something |
| もどる | To return, go back |
| ゆれる | To roll, shake |
| ためる | To save (money) |
| いう | To say |
| おくる | To send |
| おちつく | To settle in, become calm |
| ふるえる | To shake, shiver |
| うたう | To sing |
| うける | To sit for (an exam) |
| じゅけんする | To sit for an exam |
| しけんをうける | To sit for an examination |
| ねむる | To sleep |
| ねぼうする | To sleep in |
| おそくまでねる | To sleep in late |
| ゆっくりねる | To sleep in late |
| すべる | To slide, ski |
| たばこをすう | To smoke cigarette(s) |
| ゆきがふる | To snow |
| かいけつする | To solve |
| わがままをいう | To speak selfishly |
| すごす | To spend (time) |
| はじめる | To start, begin |
| たいざいする | To stay |
| とまる | To stay |
| とまる | To stop |
| やむ | To stop (raining/snowing) |
| やめる | To stop doing, quit, resign |
| あたる | To strike, hit, win |
| りゅうがくする | To study overseas |
| にあう | To suit (clothes) |
| つれていく | To take (a person) |
| もっていく | To take (a thing) |
| かかる | To take (time), to cost (money) |
| きをつける | To take care |
| つれてかえる | To take home (a person) |
| もってかえる | To take home |
| ぬぐ | To take off (clothes, shoes) |
| だす | To take out/put out |
| とる | To take, pass |
| ともだちとしゃべる | To talk with friends |
| おしえる | To teach |
| じょうだんをいう | To tell a joke |
| みちをおしえる | To tell the way |
| かんがえる | To think about |
| ふしぎにおもう | To think it, curious that... |
| すてる | To throw away, discard |
| かたづける | To tidy up |
| へやをかたづける | To tidy up one's room |
| むすぶ | To tie up |
| さわる | To touch |
| りょこうする | To travel |
| まがる | To turn |
| つかう | To use |
| りようする | To utilise, use |
| とうひょうする | To vote |
| おこす | To wake someone up |
| めがさめる | To wake up |
| あるく | To walk |
| ほしい | To want |
| かおをあらう | To wash one's face |
| かぶる | To wear (cap, hat, etc.) |
| かんげいする | To welcome |
| かつ | To win |
| ゆうしょうする | To win (a competition) |
| おろす | To withdraw (money) |
| はたらく | To work |
| つとめる | To work for |
| しんぱいする | To worry |
| おたよりする | To write a letter |
| あそぶ | To play |
| およぐ | To swim |
| かう | To buy |
| かく | To write |
| けす | To turn off |
| つくる | To make |
| のむ | To drink |
| はく | To wear |
| はなす | To speak/talk |
| まつ | To wait |
| もつ | To carry/hold |
| よむ | To read |
| あける | To open |
| かぞえる | To count |
| しめる | To close |
| たべる | To eat |
| ねる | To sleep |
| みせる | To show |
| する | To do |
| くる | To come |