Essential Japanese Verbs

ABC Jun (Alphabetical order)

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• B
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• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

U

ugokashimasu / ugokasuうごかします／うごかす［動かす］(No.025)

to move, to shift / to start (a machine), to operate, to work, to run

ugokimasu / ugokuうごきます／うごく［動く］(No.026)

to move, to shift / to operate, to function, to work, to run

ukemasu / ukeruうけます／うける［受ける］(No.024)

to take (test, exam, checkup, lesson) / to suffer, to be damaged / to receive, to catch, to accept, to undertake

umaremasu / umareruうまれます／うまれる［生まれる］(No.030)

to be born / to have a baby, to give birth / to arise from, to result from, to germinate

uremasu / ureruうれます／うれる［売れる］(No.032)

to sell well, be in demand, be salable

urimasu / uruうります／うる［売る］(No.031)

to sell

utaimasu / utauうたいます／うたう［歌う］(No.027)

to sing (a song)

utsurimasu / utsuruうつります／うつる［移る／映る／写る］(No.029)

to move to a place, to shift, to transfer to / to be reflected, to get good reception (on the TV) / to be copied, to be in a picture

utsushimasu / utsusuうつします／うつす［移す／映す／写す］(No.028)

to move to, to transfer to, to shift to, to transplant / to reflect, to project on / to copy, to take a picture

W

wakaremasu / wakareruわかれます／わかれる［分かれる／別れる］(No.243)

to part, to separate from, to be porced, to break up / to be pided, to split

wakarimasu / wakaruわかります／わかる［分かる］(No.242)

to understand / to know, to find out

wakemasu / wakeruわけます／わける［分ける］(No.244)

to pide into, to separate, to split / to share, to distribute

waraimasu / warauわらいます／わらう［笑う］(No.248)

to laugh, to smile

waremasu / wareruわれます／われる［割れる］(No.250)

to break, to split, to be cracked

warimasu / waruわります／わる［割る］(No.249)

to break, to crack / to pide, to split

wasuremasu / wasureruわすれます／わすれる［忘れる］(No.245)

to forget / to leave a thing behind, to forget to bring

watarimasu / wataruわたります／わたる［渡る］(No.247)

to cross, to go (walk) across

watashimasu / watasuわたします／わたす［渡す］(No.246)

to hand (out, to), to pass out to, to give

Y

yaburemasu / yabureruやぶれます／やぶれる［破れます／敗れる］(No.233)

to tear, to be torn, to be ripped / to be beaten, to lose (a game)

yakimasu / yakuやきます／やく［焼く］(No.228)

to burn, to roast, to broil, to grill, to bake, to toast / to sunburn

yakushimasu / yakusuやくします／やくす［訳す］(No.229)

to translate

yamemasu / yameruやめます／やめる［やめる(止める)／辞める］(No.234)

to stop doing, to give up, to cancel / to resign, to quit (job, post, school), to leave

yarimasu / yaruやります／やる［やる］(No.235)

to give, to feed / to do, to perform, to play

yasemasu / yaseruやせます／やせる［やせる(痩せる)］(No.231)

to lose weight, to become thin, to become slim

yasumimasu / yasumuやすみます／やすむ［休む］(No.230)

to take a rest, to take a break / to take a day off, to be absent

yatoimasu / yatouやといます／やとう［雇う］(No.232)

to employ, to hire

yobimasu / yobuよびます／よぶ［呼ぶ］(No.238)

to call, to hail / to invite

yogoremasu / yogoreruよごれます／よごれる［汚れる］(No.237)

to get dirty / to be polluted

yoimasu / youよいます／よう［酔う］(No.236)

to get drunk / to feel sick

yomimasu / yomuよみます／よむ［読む］(No.239)

to read

yorimasu / yoruよります／よる［寄る］(No.240)

to stop by, to drop in / to come near, to go to (near, close)

yorokobimasu / yorokobuよろこびます／よろこぶ［喜ぶ］(No.241)

to be pleased, to be delighted, to be happy