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Top 100 Japanese Verbs for Beginners
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Kanji Kana Romaji Meaning Type
1 au to meet
2
aku to open intrasitive
3
akeru to open transitive
4 ageru to giv
ive
e
5
as
asob
obuu to play
play
6
ab
abir
iru
u to ta
take
ke a sh
show
ower
er
7
arau to wash
8
aru
aru to be
be,, tto
o exi
exist
st (ina
(inani
nima
mate
te ob
obje
ject
cts)
s)
9
aru to possess
10 aruku to wa
walk
11 iu to say
12 iku to go
13 iru to need
14 iru to ex
exist ((a
animate, lliive ob
object)
15
ire
ireru to in
inse
sert
rt,, tto
o pu
put iin
n
16 utau to sing
17 umareru to be born
18 uru to sell
19
okiru to wake up
20 oku to put
21 okuru to se
send
22 osu to push
23
o
obboeru to remember
24 oy
oyog
ogu
u to swim
swim
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25
orir
oriru
u to ge
gett of
off ((tr
trai
ain,
n, bu
bus)
s)
26
ow
owar
aru
u to en
end
d
27 kau to buy
28 kae
kaesu
su to retur
return
n somet
somethin
hing
g
29 ka
kaer
eru
u to retu
return
rn home
home
30 kakaru to take time/money
31 kaku to write
32 kake
kakeru
ru to wear
33 kasu to lend
34 kaburu to put on a hat
35
ka
kari
riru
ru to bo
borr
rrow
ow
36
kier
kieru
u to go ou
out,
t, to va
vani
nish
sh
37 kiku to listen
38 kiru to cut
39 kiru to wear, to put on
40 kuru to come
41 kesu to turn off
42
kotaeru to answer
43 komaru to be in trouble
44 shinu to die
45
shimaru to close intransitive
46
shimeru to close transitive
47
shimeru to fasten a belt
48 shiru to know
49 suu to breath, to smoke
50 su
sumu
mu to liv
live
e (som
(somew
ewhe
here
re))
51 suru to do
52 suwaruto sit
53 da
dasu
su to ta
take
ke ou
out/
t/ha
hand
nd in
54 tatsu to st
stand
55 tanomu to ask
56
ta
tabe
beru
ru to eat
eat
57 chig
chigau
au to be differe
different
nt
58 tsu
tsukau
kau to use
use
59
tsukareru to be tired
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60 tsuku to ar
arrive
61 tsukuru to make, to produce
62
tsukeru to turn on
63
tsutomeru to work for someone
64 dekakeru to go out
65
dekir
dekiru
u can do (be
(be able
able to)
to)
66 deru to leave
67 tobu t o fly
68
toma
tomaru
ru to stop
69 toru to take
70 toru to take a photo
71 naku
naku to cry (used
(used for anima
animall sound
sounds
s too
too))
72 naru to become
73 nu
nugu
gu to ta
take
ke of
offf clo
cloth
thes
es
74 neru to sleep
75 noboru to climb up
76 nomu to dr
drink
77 noru to take, tto
o ri
ride
78 hairu to enter
79 haku to put on sho
shoes
80
hajimaru to begin, to start
81 hashiru to run
82 hataraku to work
83 hanasu to talk, to speak, to tell
84 hiku to pull
85 hik
iku
u to pla
lay
y an
an in
inst
stru
rum
ment
86 fuku to blow (wind)
87 fu
furu
ru to fa
fall
ll (use
(used
d wit
with
h rai
rain
n & sn
snow
ow))
88
magaru to turn
89 mats
matsu
u to wait
wait
90 migakuto polish, to brush
91
mise
miseru
ru to show
92 miru
iru to see, to watch
93 motsu
motsu to have
have,, to carr
carry
y
94 yasumu to rest
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95 yaru to do
96 yobu
yobu to call
call (calli
(calling
ng s
some
omethi
thing
ng by a name)
name)
97 yomu to read
98
wakaruto know, to understand
99
wasureru to forget
100 watasuto hand over
101 wata
wataru
ru to cross
