やる · godan verb (-ru)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | やる | やらない |
| Polite | やります | やりません |
| Past polite | やりました | やりませんでした |
| Past | やった | やらなかった |
| Te-form | やって | やらないで |
| Desire | やりたい | やりたくない |
| Potential | やれる | やれない |
| Passive | やられる | やられない |
| Causative | やらせる | やらせない |
| Causative passive | やらせられるalso やらされる | やらせられないalso やらされない |
| Volitional | やろう | |
| Polite volitional | やりましょう | |
| Imperative | やれ | やるな |
| Conditional | やれば | やらなければ |
| Tara conditional | やったら | やらなかったら |
Very common colloquial substitute for する in everyday speech, especially for activities, games, practice, and study. It can sound more casual than する.
See also: する
What are you going to do this weekend?
Recently I have been playing shogi with a friend.
I study a little English every day.
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
Used for sending a person, animal, or thing off somewhere. Often plainer and more conversational than 派遣する or 送る.
Head office sent an engineer to the site.
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
Often used with body parts or attention, as in 手をやる or 視線をやる, meaning to move or direct something toward a place.
He put his hand into his pocket.
When I turned my gaze outside the window, snow was falling.
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
Plain giving to someone of equal or lower status, to animals, or to plants. With people it can sound blunt or superior, so あげる is safer in polite contexts.
I feed the dog.
I gave my younger brother my old bicycle.
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
make a vehicle go faster; drive onward
Limited and old-fashioned or rough-sounding use for urging a vehicle or mount onward; modern Japanese would usually use 飛ばす, 走らせる, or speed-related expressions.
車をもっとやれ is treated as an old expression meaning to make a vehicle go faster.
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
run a business; be engaged in; practice a profession
Common with shops, businesses, jobs, hobbies, and professions: 店をやる, 医者をやる, バンドをやる.
My father runs a small shop in front of the station.
She has been practicing as a lawyer for about ten years.
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
Casual and sometimes masculine-sounding with food, alcohol, or tobacco. 一杯やる is a fixed everyday expression meaning to have a drink.
Let's have a drink after work.
He doesn't smoke.
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
hold a performance; perform; show
Used for staging or putting on a show, concert, play, movie, or similar event. The kanji 演る may be used for this meaning, but やる is the usual kana form.
See also: 演る
They are holding a live show at the hall in front of the station next month.
That theater puts on a play every night.
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
ease one's mind; divert oneself
Rare, literary use seen especially in expressions like 心をやる, meaning to comfort, divert, or let one's mind be at ease.
心をやる is an old-fashioned expression meaning to comfort or divert one's mind.
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
Colloquial and rough; often implies beating, taking down, or killing someone. The related spelling 殺る makes the violent sense explicit.
See also: 殺る
In the movie, the hero takes down the enemy at the end.
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
Vulgar sexual slang. Often written ヤる to signal this meaning and avoid ambiguity with ordinary やる.
I hear that guy had sex with her yesterday.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
Intransitive use meaning to manage one's life or situation somehow. Very common in forms such as やっている and やっていく.
It is hard to get by on my current salary alone.
He is getting along well at his new workplace.
Suffix after the masu-stem of a verb, often in negative or literary forms such as 明けやらぬ or 消えやらぬ, meaning that something has not fully completed.
Stars still remained in the sky before dawn had fully broken.
A lingering unease that had not completely disappeared remained in my heart.
do broadly; do toward a distance
Suffix after the masu-stem of a verb, especially in literary-looking compounds such as 見やる or 眺めやる, describing looking or extending an action outward or far away.
He gazed out at the distant sea from the hill.
auxiliary verb, godan verb (-ru)
do for someone; do to someone
Auxiliary after the te-form. It can mean doing something for someone of equal or lower status, or doing something to someone with a rough, sometimes hostile or defiant tone.
I helped my younger brother with his homework.
Someday I'll show them.
auxiliary verb, godan verb (-ru)
make an effort to; be determined to
Auxiliary after the te-form expressing strong personal resolve or active effort: 'I'll make sure I do it.' Casual and forceful.
This time I'll make sure to finish it by myself.
I am determined to pass.
Don't forget to give the dog its food.
I sent my son out shopping.
She turned her gaze toward the window.
Let's have a drink after work.
My father runs a small shop.
I'll definitely pass next time, no matter what.
営む is a formal or literary word for running a business or livelihood, while やる (店をやる) is the casual everyday way to say it.
送る is the standard, slightly more formal verb for sending someone or something, while やる is a plainer, more conversational choice.
飲む plainly means 'to drink', while やる in expressions like 一杯やる is a casual, often masculine-sounding way to say the same thing.
やる is the standard Japanese verb for doing something for someone of equal or lower status, while たる is its Kansai-ben contracted form.
やる is the neutral, all-purpose verb for 'do', while やらかす adds a strong colloquial nuance of doing something bad or messy.
上げる is a softer, more neutral way to say 'give,' while やる sounds rougher or more casual, often used toward juniors, animals, or plants.
do for someone; do a favor · take in; deceive; hoodwink
rewarding feeling; sense of fulfillment; worthwhile effort
retort; answer back; fire back; reply in kind · redo; do over; try again
miserable; wretched; helplessly sad
carry through; achieve; complete
workmen's chant while pulling a heavy load
mosquito-repelling fire; smudge fire
way of doing something; method; how to do
garden stream; narrow stream in a traditional Japanese garden · watering plants; watering potted plants or bonsai
Katakana-mixed slang spelling used especially for the vulgar sexual sense; this spelling for that sense.
send afar; drive away · leave alone; abandon without care
brothel madam; procuress
unfinished; in progress; half-done
mistake; error; blunder; failure
manage to do; get through; handle successfully