Japanese Words - Japanese Verbs

Learn Japanese Verbs such as eat, drink, buy, watch, etc. with audio, here.
The verbs come at the end of the sentence and conjugate to show present or past tenses as well as affirmative and negative.
In Japanese language, there are two tenses, past and non-past. Since there is no future tense the non-past is used for both habitual action and future tense.

ex. ikimasu (to go)

	Affirmative	Negative
non-past	iki-masu	iki-masen
Past	iki-mashita	iki-masendeshita

Besides the masu form above, Japanese verbs conjugate into several forms.

We have published several materials to learn Japanse.
You can learn how to use the Japanese verbs step by step in "Building Up Conversation".
"Essential Japanese Verbs" focuses on each verb and provides over 3,000 example sentences.

Important Japanese Verbs

tabemasu	to eat
nomimasu	to drink
kaimasu	to buy
mimasu	to watch, look, see
misemasu	to show
kakimasu	to write, draw, paint
okurimasu	to send
tsukurimasu	to make, produce, cook
tsukaimasu	to use
aimasu	to meet / to match, fit
ikimasu	to go
kimasu	to come
kaerimasu	to return
arimasu	to have, be at, exist (inanimate object)
imasu	to have, be at, exist (animate object)
hanashimasu	to talk, speak
yakushimasu	to translate
nemasu	to lie down, go to bed
okimasu	to get up, wake up, happen, occur
kowaremasu	to be broken
naoshimasu	to repair, fix
agemasu	to give, present / to raise, lift up
moraimasu	to receive, be given
karimasu	to borrow, rent
agarimasu	to go up, rise
sagarimasu	to go down, drop

fuemasu	to increase
herimasu	to decrease
naraimasu	to learn
oboemasu	to memorize, learn, master
oshiemasu	to teach, inform, notice, let somebody know
shirabemasu	to check, investigate
wasuremasu	to forget
hajimarimasu	to begin, start, open
owarimasu	to finish, end
akemasu	to open
shimemasu	to close
kachimasu	to win
makemasu	to lose (a game)
magarimasu	to turn, curve
tomarimasu	to stop / to stay (the night), lodge
norimasu	to get on, ride
orimasu	to get off
suwarimasu	to sit, have a seat
araimasu	to wash
yakimasu	to grill, bake, roast, toast
kirimasu	to cut
kimasu	to wear, put on (clothes)
nugimasu	to take off (shoes, clothes)
torimasu	to take, get / to take a picture
shimasu	to do, play (something)

We have provided Japanese Verbs section separately on this site.
Verb conjugation tables and example sentences are provided.

We also published Essential Japanese Verbs for your earnest study.

Verbs are the Key to learning Japanese

Essential Japanese Verbs

This material explains clearly about the meaning of each verb with explaining its usage.

"Key Sentences", "Practical Usage" and "Short Dialogues" help you to grasp how you can apply each verb in communication.

Key Sentences shows you in what sentence pattern each verb is used. Practical Usage and Short Dialogues show how to use each verb in a more practical sense as in everyday conversations.

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Building Up Conversation (Online learning material)

The aim of this material is to help learners acquire practical conversation skills step by step by using many audio drills.

This material covers from the basic level to the lower intermediate level and much frequently used sentences and expressions are carefully selected and compiled.

Various support materials such as Hiragana Katakana Work Books, Handy Phrases 200, Basic Japanese Words 2000, etc. are provided.