Essential Japanese Verbs

Y

yabukemasu / yabukeruやぶけます／やぶける

to be torn, tear

yabukimasu / yabukuやぶきます／やぶく

to tear

yaburimasu / yaburuやぶります／やぶる

to tear / to break the rule

yakemasu / yakeruやけます／やける

to be burned / to be sunburned

yamimasu / yamuやみます／やむ

to stop [rain, snow, noise]

yarinaoshimasu / yarinaosuやりなおします／やりなおす

to do again, redo

yashinaimasu / yashinauやしないます／やしなう

to raise, support one's family / to develop [ability]

yasumemasu / yasumeruやすめます／やすめる

to rest

yogoshimasu / yogosuよごします／よごす

to dirty something

yokemasu / yokeruよけます／よける

to avoid, keep away from

yopparaimasu / yopparauよっぱらいます／よっぱらう

to get drunk

yosemasu / yoseruよせます／よせる

to bring something near, pull near

yoshimasu / yosuよします／よす

to stop, give up

yowamemasu / yowameruよわめます／よわめる

to make something weak, weaken

yowarimasu / yowaruよわります／よわる

to become weak / to be embarrassed

yudemasu / yuderuゆでます／ゆでる

to boil

yugamimasu / yugamuゆがみます／ゆがむ

to be warped

yuremasu / yureruゆれます／ゆれる

to quake, pitch, swing, shake

yurumemasu / yurumeruゆるめます／ゆるめる

to loosen

yurumimasu / yurumuゆるみます／ゆるむ

to become loose

yurushimasu / yurusuゆるします／ゆるす

to allow somebody to do, forgive, permit

yusurimasu / yusuruゆすります／ゆする

to shake, swing, roll / to extort

yuzurimasu / yuzuruゆずります／ゆずる

to devolve, sell / to compromise

Z

zuremasu / zureruずれます／ずれる

to slip, slide