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
日本語 | English | Example | Meaning in English |
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 | | to do | |
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 | | |
Author:
Danny (remove the ".nospam" to send)
Last modification on: Sat, 04 May 2024
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