{"id":15634,"date":"2026-03-24T19:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T19:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/?p=15634"},"modified":"2026-03-25T18:56:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:56:43","slug":"15634","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/?p=15634","title":{"rendered":"The most commonly used Japanese verbs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are three types of Japanese verbs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u3046-verbs (godan)<\/strong> are the most numerous group – their dictionary form ends in an \u3046-sound (\u304f, \u3080, \u306c, etc.) and they follow a set of consonant-stem conjugation patterns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u308b-verbs (ichidan)<\/strong> are generally simpler to conjugate – you just drop the \u308b and add endings. Most verbs ending in -eru or -iru belong here, though there are exceptions (like \u5e30\u308b kaeru<\/em> and \u8d70\u308b hashiru<\/em>, which are actually \u3046-verbs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Irregular verbs<\/strong> in Japanese are just two: \u3059\u308b (suru<\/em>, “to do”) and \u6765\u308b (kuru<\/em>, “to come”) – plus all compound verbs built on \u3059\u308b, like \u52c9\u5f37\u3059\u308b (benky\u014d suru<\/em>, “to study”).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japanese<\/th>Romaji<\/th>Meaning<\/th>Type<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
\u3059\u308b<\/td>suru<\/td>to do, to make<\/td>irregular<\/td><\/tr>
\u3042\u308b<\/td>aru<\/td>to exist (inanimate)<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u3044\u308b<\/td>iru<\/td>to exist (animate)<\/td>\u308b-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u6765\u308b<\/td>kuru<\/td>to come<\/td>irregular<\/td><\/tr>
\u884c\u304f<\/td>iku<\/td>to go<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u8a00\u3046<\/td>iu<\/td>to say, to speak<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u898b\u308b<\/td>miru<\/td>to see, to look<\/td>\u308b-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u98df\u3079\u308b<\/td>taberu<\/td>to eat<\/td>\u308b-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u98f2\u3080<\/td>nomu<\/td>to drink<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u805e\u304f<\/td>kiku<\/td>to listen, to ask<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u66f8\u304f<\/td>kaku<\/td>to write<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u8aad\u3080<\/td>yomu<\/td>to read<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u8a71\u3059<\/td>hanasu<\/td>to speak, to talk<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u8cb7\u3046<\/td>kau<\/td>to buy<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u601d\u3046<\/td>omou<\/td>to think, to feel<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u77e5\u308b<\/td>shiru<\/td>to know, to learn<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u4f7f\u3046<\/td>tsukau<\/td>to use<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u4f5c\u308b<\/td>tsukuru<\/td>to make, to create<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u5f85\u3064<\/td>matsu<\/td>to wait<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u4f1a\u3046<\/td>au<\/td>to meet<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u5e30\u308b<\/td>kaeru<\/td>to return home<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u8d77\u304d\u308b<\/td>okiru<\/td>to wake up, to get up<\/td>\u308b-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u5bdd\u308b<\/td>neru<\/td>to sleep, to go to bed<\/td>\u308b-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u51fa\u308b<\/td>deru<\/td>to go out, to leave<\/td>\u308b-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u5165\u308b<\/td>hairu<\/td>to enter<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u4e57\u308b<\/td>noru<\/td>to ride, to board<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u964d\u308a\u308b<\/td>oriru<\/td>to get off, to descend<\/td>\u308b-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u5f00\u3051\u308b<\/td>akeru<\/td>to open<\/td>\u308b-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u9589\u3081\u308b<\/td>shimeru<\/td>to close, to shut<\/td>\u308b-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u59cb\u3081\u308b<\/td>hajimeru<\/td>to begin, to start<\/td>\u308b-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u7d42\u308f\u308b<\/td>owaru<\/td>to end, to finish<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u6559\u3048\u308b<\/td>oshieru<\/td>to teach, to tell<\/td>\u308b-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u7fd2\u3046<\/td>narau<\/td>to learn (from someone)<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u50cd\u304f<\/td>hataraku<\/td>to work<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u4f11\u3080<\/td>yasumu<\/td>to rest, to take a break<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u904a\u3076<\/td>asobu<\/td>to play, to have fun<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u8d70\u308b<\/td>hashiru<\/td>to run<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u6b69\u304f<\/td>aruku<\/td>to walk<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u6cf3\u3050<\/td>oyogu<\/td>to swim<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u6ce3\u304f<\/td>naku<\/td>to cry, to weep<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u7b11\u3046<\/td>warau<\/td>to laugh, to smile<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u6012\u308b<\/td>okoru<\/td>to get angry<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u5fd8\u308c\u308b<\/td>wasureru<\/td>to forget<\/td>\u308b-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u899a\u3048\u308b<\/td>oboeru<\/td>to remember, to memorize<\/td>\u308b-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u6301\u3064<\/td>motsu<\/td>to hold, to have<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u53d6\u308b<\/td>toru<\/td>to take, to get<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u304f\u308c\u308b<\/td>kureru<\/td>to give (to me)<\/td>\u308b-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u3042\u3052\u308b<\/td>ageru<\/td>to give (to others)<\/td>\u308b-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u3082\u3089\u3046<\/td>morau<\/td>to receive<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u8cb8\u3059<\/td>kasu<\/td>to lend<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u501f\u308a\u308b<\/td>kariru<\/td>to borrow<\/td>\u308b-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u58f2\u308b<\/td>uru<\/td>to sell<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u805e\u3053\u3048\u308b<\/td>kikoeru<\/td>to be audible, to hear<\/td>\u308b-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u898b\u3048\u308b<\/td>mieru<\/td>to be visible, to seem<\/td>\u308b-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u5206\u304b\u308b<\/td>wakaru<\/td>to understand<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u3067\u304d\u308b<\/td>dekiru<\/td>to be able to, to be done<\/td>\u308b-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u306a\u308b<\/td>naru<\/td>to become<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u7f6e\u304f<\/td>oku<\/td>to put, to place<\/td>\u3046-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u6c7a\u3081\u308b<\/td>kimeru<\/td>to decide<\/td>\u308b-verb<\/td><\/tr>
\u8003\u3048\u308b<\/td>kangaeru<\/td>to think, to consider<\/td>\u308b-verb<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-questions-answers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15634"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15661,"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15634\/revisions\/15661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}