Verbs Flashcards
This deck covers over one hundred common Japanese verbs that are vital to forming sentences. (111 cards)
1
Q
to meet
A
あう
会う
2
Q
open
A
あく
開く
3
Q
to open
A
あける
開ける
4
Q
to give
A
あげる
5
Q
to play
A
あそぶ
遊ぶ
6
Q
to take a shower
A
あびる
浴びる
7
Q
to wash
A
あらう
8
Q
to be, to exist
A
ある
有る
9
Q
to possess
Used for inanimate objects.
A
ある
10
Q
to walk
A
あるく
歩く
11
Q
to say, to tell
A
いう
言う
12
Q
to go
A
いく
行く
13
Q
need, must have, be required, to exist
The primary meaning of this word in a sentence is “to be” in the sense of existence.
A
いる
14
Q
to insert, to put in
A
いれる
入れる
15
Q
to sing
A
うたう
16
Q
to be born
A
うまれる
生まれる
17
Q
to sell
A
うる
売る
18
Q
to get up, to stand up
A
おきる
起きる
19
Q
to put, to place
A
おく
置く
20
Q
to send
A
おくる
送る
21
Q
to push
A
おす
押す
22
Q
to memorize, to remember
A
おぼえる
覚える
23
Q
to swim
A
およぐ
泳ぐ
24
Q
to get off
A
おりる
降りる
25
to end
おわる
| 終わる
26
to buy
かう
| 買う
27
to return an object
かえす
| 返す
28
to return home
かえる
| 帰る
29
to take time, money
かかる
30
to write
かく
| 書く
31
to make a phone call
かける
32
to wear
## Footnote
Specifically used for glasses.
かける
33
to lend
かす
| 貸す
34
to put on a hat
かぶる
| 冠る
35
to borrow
かりる
| 借りる
36
to go out, to vanish
きえる
| 消える
37
to hear, to listen, to ask
きく
| 聞く
38
to cut
きる
| 切る
39
to wear, to put on
きる
| 着る
40
please (give me)
ください
| 下さい
41
to come
くる
| 来る
42
to turn off, switch off
けす
| 消す
43
to answer
こたえる
| 答える
44
to be in trouble
こまる
| 困る
45
to blossom
さく
| 咲く
46
to point, to hold up
さす
47
to die, to pass away
しぬ
| 死ぬ
48
to close (by itself), to be shut, to be closed
しまる
| 閉まる
49
to close
しめる
| 閉める
50
to fasten a seatbelt
しめる
| 締める
51
to know
しる
| 知る
52
to breathe, to smoke
すう
| 吸う
53
to live, to reside somewhere
すむ
| 住む
54
to do
| formal
する
## Footnote
する is used in a more formal or abstract way compared to やる.
55
to sit
すわる
| 座る
56
to clean
そうじ
| 掃除
57
to take out, hand in
だす
| 出す
58
to stand
たつ
| 立つ
59
to ask, to request
たのむ
| 頼む
60
to eat
たべる
| 食べる
61
different
ちがう
| 違う
62
to use
つかう
| 使う
63
to get tired
つかれる
| 疲れる
64
to arrive
つく
| 着く
65
to make, to produce
つくる
| 作る
66
to turn on
つける
| 点ける
67
to work for someone
つとめる
| 勤める
68
to go out
でかける
| 出かける
69
can
できる
| 出来る
70
leave
でます
71
to fly
とぶ
| 飛ぶ
72
to stop
とまる
| 止まる
73
to take
とる
| 取る
74
to take a photo
とる
| 撮る
75
to sing, mew, moo
なく
| 鳴く
76
to learn
ならう
| 習う
77
to form a line
ならぶ
| 並ぶ
78
to line up
ならべる
| 並べる
79
to become
なる
80
to take off clothes
ぬぐ
| 脱ぐ
81
to go to bed
ねる
| 寝る
82
to climb up
のぼる
| 登る
83
to drink
のむ
| 飲む
84
to take, to ride
のる
| 乗る
85
to enter
はいる
| 入る
86
to put on shoes
はく
| 履く
87
to begin, to start
はじまる
| 始まる
88
to run
はしる
| 走る
89
to work
はたらく
| 働く
90
to talk, to speak, to tell
はなす
| 話す
91
to put something on, to stick
はる
| 張る
92
to clear up
はれる
| 晴れる
93
to play (an instrument)
ひく
| 弾く
94
to pull
ひく
| 引く
95
to blow (wind)
ふく
| 吹く
96
to fall (rain, snow)
ふる
| 降る
97
to study
べんきょう
| 勉強
98
to turn
まがる
| 曲がる
99
to wait
まつ
| 待つ
100
to polish, to brush
みがく
| 磨く
101
to look, to watch
みせる
| 見せる
102
to see, to watch
みる
| 見る
103
to have, to own
もつ
| 持つ
104
to rest
やすむ
| 休む
105
to do
| casual
やる
## Footnote
やる is used in a more casual way compared to する. For example, this would be used for everyday tasks.
106
to call
よぶ
| 呼ぶ
107
to read
よむ
| 読む
108
to know, to understand
わかる
| 分かる
109
to forget
わすれる
| 忘れる
110
to hand over
| transitive
わたす
| 渡す
111
to cross
| intransitive
わたる
| 渡る
