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する · irregular721 Japanese verbs
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to eat
Ichidan · Group 2 · transitiveto drink
Godan · Group 1 · transitiveto go
Godan · Group 1 · intransitiveto come
来る · irregular · intransitiveto return; to go home
Godan · Group 1 · intransitiveto see; to watch
Ichidan · Group 2 · transitiveto listen
Godan · Group 1 · transitiveto speak; to talk
Godan · Group 1 · transitiveto read
Godan · Group 1 · transitiveto write
Godan · Group 1 · transitiveto buy
Godan · Group 1 · transitiveto sell
Godan · Group 1 · transitiveto use
Godan · Group 1 · transitiveto make
Godan · Group 1 · transitiveto wait
Godan · Group 1 · transitive · intransitiveto meet
Godan · Group 1 · intransitiveto wake up; to get up
Ichidan · Group 2 · intransitiveto sleep; to go to bed
Ichidan · Group 2 · intransitiveto work
Godan · Group 1 · intransitiveto rest; to take a break
Godan · Group 1 · intransitiveto study
する · irregular · transitiveto teach
Ichidan · Group 2 · transitiveto learn (from someone)
Godan · Group 1 · transitiveto exist (inanimate things)
Godan · Group 1 · intransitiveto exist (people and animals)
Ichidan · Group 2 · intransitiveto understand
Godan · Group 1 · intransitiveto find out; to know
Godan · Group 1 · transitiveto be able to do
Ichidan · Group 2 · intransitiveto swim
Godan · Group 1 · intransitiveto play
Godan · Group 1 · intransitiveto run
Godan · Group 1 · intransitiveto walk
Godan · Group 1 · intransitiveto enter
Godan · Group 1 · intransitiveto leave; to go out
Ichidan · Group 2 · intransitiveto open (something)
Ichidan · Group 2 · transitiveto close (something)
Ichidan · Group 2 · transitiveto get on; to ride
Godan · Group 1 · intransitiveto get off
Ichidan · Group 2 · intransitiveto hold; to carry
Godan · Group 1 · transitiveto take
Godan · Group 1 · transitiveto cut
Godan · Group 1 · transitiveto put on (upper-body clothing)
Ichidan · Group 2 · transitiveto borrow
Ichidan · Group 2 · transitiveto lend
Godan · Group 1 · transitiveto send
Godan · Group 1 · transitiveto wash
Godan · Group 1 · transitiveto clean
する · irregular · transitiveto practise
する · irregular · transitiveto travel
する · irregular · intransitiveJapanese verb endings change for tense, negation, and politeness. They do not change for “I” or “you”. Each entry includes an explicit verb group, a form table, and a sentence. Sources and selection