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いる
Common word
N5
be; exist · stay · be ...-ing · have ...-ed; be ...-ed
おる
Common word
N4
to be; to exist · to be ...-ing · to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed · to (have the audacity to) do
てる
Expressions
is ...-ing; has been ...-ing · has ...-ed; is ...-ed
ある
Common word
N5
be; exist · have; possess; there is available · be located; be situated · be equipped with; have as a facility or feature · happen; take place; come about · be in a completed state; be left as done
言う
いう
Common word
N4
say; utter; declare · name; call · make a sound; go (onomatopoeia)
思う
おもう
Common word
N5
think; consider; believe · plan to do; intend to do · judge; assess; regard · imagine; suppose; dream · expect; look forward to · feel; be in a state of mind; desire · care deeply for; yearn for; love · recall; remember
できる
Common word
N5
can; be able to; be possible · be good at; do well; be proficient · come into existence; form; appear; be born; get (a friend, free time, etc.) · be made; be built; be completed; be ready · grow (crops); be produced · be mature; be well-balanced; be of fine character · be by nature; be born ... · become involved (sexually); become intimate; take up with · get pregnant
見る
みる
Common word
N5
see; look; watch; view; observe · examine; look over; check; assess; judge · look after; take care of; attend to · experience; meet with (misfortune, success) · try doing; have a go at · see that...; find that...
やる
Common word
N5
do; perform; play; study · send; dispatch · put; move; turn one's gaze · give; let have; bestow · make a vehicle go faster; drive onward · run a business; be engaged in; practice a profession · have a drink; eat; smoke · hold a performance; perform; show · ease one's mind; divert oneself · harm; injure; kill · have sex; fuck; bang · live; get by; get along · do completely; finish doing · do broadly; do toward a distance · do for someone; do to someone · make an effort to; be determined to
なる
Common word
N5
become; get; turn; grow · result in; turn out; end up; prove to be · consist of; be composed of; be made up of · be completed; be realized; succeed; be accomplished · change into; turn into; transform · come to do; begin to do; grow to do · amount to; add up to; come to · play the part of; act as · serve as; be used for; be useful for · be promoted (shogi) · do (honorific)
生る
なる
Common word
bear fruit; grow (fruit)
鳴る
なる
Common word
N4
sound; ring; echo; roar; rumble
れる
Other
passive voice; suffering passive · potential form · spontaneous occurrence · honorific (sonkeigo)
行く
いく
Common word
N5
go; move toward; leave for · go along; travel across; move through · go well or badly; proceed; turn out; get along · go with a choice; do it in a certain way; try · pass; go by · flow; stream · die; pass away · reach a stage; get to an extent; go so far as · reach; arrive · continue to; go on doing; gradually become · orgasm; come; cum · trip; get high; have a drug-induced hallucination
くれる
Common word
N5
give (to me/us); let (me/us) have · give (with disdain) · do for me/us; kindly do · do to someone's disadvantage
知る
しる
Common word
N5
know; be aware of; learn; find out · sense; feel; notice; realize · understand; comprehend; grasp; appreciate · remember; be familiar with; be acquainted with · experience; go through; know (hardship) · get to know; get acquainted with · have to do with; be concerned with; be one's responsibility
分かる
わかる
Common word
N5
understand; comprehend; grasp · become clear; be known; turn out · I know!; right?!
来る
くる
Common word
N5
come; approach; arrive · come back; do ... and come back · come to be; become; get; grow; continue · come from; be caused by; derive from · when it comes to; as for
使う
つかう
Common word
N5
use; make use of; employ · use; employ; handle · spend; consume; use · speak; use
しまう
Common word
N3
finish; end; stop · close down; shut down · put away; store · do completely; finish doing · end up doing; do accidentally
持つ
もつ
Common word
N5
hold; carry; take along · have; own; possess · maintain; keep; keep up · last; hold out; be durable · be in charge of; take charge of; handle · hold; have; arrange · have it; have that special something; be lucky
下さる
くださる
Common word
N4
give; confer; bestow · do something for me/us; kindly do
過ぎる
すぎる
Common word
N4
pass through; pass by; go beyond · pass (time); elapse; be over · exceed; surpass; be above · be no more than; be merely · too much; excessive; too ...
聞く
きく
Common word
N5
hear · listen to · ask; inquire · hear about; learn of · follow; obey; heed · hear out; grant; accept · smell; sample (fragrance) · taste; try (alcohol)
化ける
ばける
Common word
N1
take the form of; transform into (supernatural) · disguise oneself as · change into; transform; metamorphose · improve dramatically; make a complete turnaround
作る
つくる
Common word
N5
make; produce; manufacture; build; construct · prepare (food); brew (alcohol) · raise; grow; cultivate; till · draw up (a document); make out; prepare; write · create (artistic work); compose · coin (a phrase); organize; establish; found · have (a child) · make up (one's face) · fabricate (an excuse); feign (a smile); put on a show · form (a line) · set (a record) · commit (a sin)
入る
いる
Common word
N1
enter; go in; come in · set; sink; go down · attain enlightenment; reach a state; achieve · do intently; do deeply; feel keenly · fall completely into a state; reach a state completely
入る
はいる
Common word
N5
enter; come or go in; arrive at · join; enter a school or organization; go into a field · be contained; be included; belong in a category · fit in; hold; accommodate · be introduced; be brought in; be installed · be received; come in; be obtained · be scored; be won as votes · turn on; start functioning; start working · enter a period or phase; move into a topic; begin · form; develop · have effort put into it; have feeling put into it; be applied · be ready; be made · have alcohol in one; become drunk
入れる
いれる
Common word
N5
put in; insert; install; set · admit; accept; employ · accept; comply; grant; adopt · include · pay (rent, etc.) · cast (a vote) · make (tea, coffee, etc.) · turn on (a switch, etc.) · send (a fax); call
食べる
たべる
Common word
N5
eat · live on; subsist on
見える
みえる
Common word
N4
be visible; be seen; be in sight · look; seem; appear · come (honorific)
買う
かう
Common word
N5
buy; purchase · value highly; think highly of; appreciate · incur; invite; arouse; win favor · take up; accept; take on · pay for a prostitute; hire a geisha
せる
Other
make someone do; let someone do; causative · allow to do; let do; permissive · honorific auxiliary; respectful expression for others' actions
違う
ちがう
Common word
N5
differ; be different; vary · be wrong; be incorrect; be mistaken · become abnormal; go wrong · isn't it?; wasn't it?
書く
かく
Common word
N5
write; compose; pen · draw; paint
知れる
しれる
Common word
N1
become known; come to light; be discovered · be known; be understood · be insignificant; not amount to much · be obvious; go without saying · be very intense; be severe
飲む
のむ
Common word
N5
drink; swallow; take (medicine) · smoke (tobacco) · swallow up; engulf · suppress; hold back; swallow (tears, anger, etc.) · accept (demand, conditions); agree to · make light of; overwhelm; overawe · carry concealed (dagger, etc.); hide up one's sleeve
受ける
うける
Common word
N4
receive; get · catch (a ball) · be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight) · sustain (damage); incur (loss); undergo (surgery); take (test); accept (challenge) · be given (life, talent) · find funny; be amused · follow; succeed; be descended from · face (south, etc.) · be modified by (linguistics) · redeem (pawned item) · be well-received; become popular; go down well
死ぬ
しぬ
Common word
N5
die; pass away · lose spirit; look dead; be exhausted · cease; stop; die out
もらう
Common word
N5
receive; get; accept · have someone do; get someone to do · have (a fight, match) in hand; be sure of winning · catch (a disease); contract; be affected by
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