verb

Common

Japanese verbs all end in -u.

<verb>:=<verb-stem> <verb-inflection-suffix>;

<verb-inflection-suffix>:=-ru+tte     {te-Form (do...)}
                                -ku+ite     {te-Form (do...)}
                                -u+tte     {te-Form (do...)}
                                -gu+ide    {te-Form (do...)}
                                -bu+nde    {te-Form (do...)}
                                -mu+nde    {te-Form (do...)}
                                -ru+ro     {Imperative}
                                -u+e       {Imperative}
                                -ru+yoo    {Probability}
                                -u+oo      {Probability}
                                <adjective> daroo {Probability}
                                -ru+reba   {Conditional-1}
                                -u+eba     {Conditional-1}
                                -i+kereba  {Conditional-1}
                                -ru+rareru {Potential}
                                -u+eru     {Potential}
                                -ru+rareru {Passive}
                                -u+areru   {Passive}
                                -ru+saseru {Causative}
                                -ru+sasu   {Causative}
                                -u+aseru   {Causative}
                                -u+asu     {Causative}

kiru -> kite
miru -> mite
aru   is (inanimated)
iru   is (animated)
aku   aite - to be[come] open; to open (intransitive); akete - to open (transitive)

Conjugations

(-iru|-eru) & not in forced Godan exceptions list: Ichidan verb: for these, just add ta or te as needed to the end.

otherwise: Godan verb.

For Godan verbs, depending on your conjugation and stem form, they are like this:

Stem ending	-te form	-ta form	Notes
-su	-shite	-shita
-ku	-ite	-ita
-gu	-ide	-ida
-bu	-nde	-nda
-mu	-nde	-nda
-nu	-nde	-nda
-ru	-tte	-tta
-tsu	-tte	-tta
-u	-tte	-tta	-a conjugation (wanai) ends in -wa instead.

Table of common verbs

to do

日本語	English	Example
食べる	to eat
meshiagari	to eat [hon.]
話す	to speak
歩く	to walk
泳ぐ	to swim
呼ぶ	to call
飲む	to drink
死ぬ	to die
作る	to make
待つ	to wait
洗う	to wash
fuる	to fall (snow, rain)
むかえ ni iく	to go get something
むかえる	to go to meet somebody\|to get something
すまseる	finish
とまる	sleepover
かりる	rent
うる	sell
とまる	stop
よる	to pass by [someone]
なおる	abheilen
はらう	to pay
はjiまる	to start
たのむ	to ask [please]
うまreる	to be born
yaめる	to quit
ひkkoす	to change residence
daす	to send
たzuneる	to visit
wakaru	to know
sasayaku	to whisper
nigeru	to escape
shimau	to close
ikiru	to live
kiru	to dress
nugu	to undress
noru	to enter
kaeru	to return
narabu	to be next to each other
nuru	to be painted [with]
akeru	to open
aku	to be opened
kogeru	to burn
kureru	to give [something to my circle]
ageru	to give
sumu		to inhabit
suru
suwaru	to sit
tasu	to add
dasu	to get out\|to take out
tazuneru	to ask
neru	hinlegen
tatsu	to stand up
tateru	to stand something up
tanomu	to request
taberu	to eat
chigau	to differ
tsukau	to [make] use
tsukareru	to tire
tsukuru	to build
tsuku	to breathe
tsukeru	to attach
tsuzukeru
tsutomeru	to be employed for
dekakeru	to depart
deru	to go out\|to publish
dekiru	to be able to
to*ru
furi*	to fall [rain]
mitsukaru	to be found
ugokimasu	to start moving

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Last modification on: Thu, 09 May 2013 .