Verbs Flashcards
1
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To go
A
Ikimasu
2
Q
To not go
A
Ikimasen
3
Q
To go (past tense)
A
Ikimashita
4
Q
To not go (past tense)
A
Ikimasen deshita
5
Q
To drink
A
Nomimasu
6
Q
To eat
A
Tabemasu / taberu
7
Q
To see
A
Mimasu
8
Q
To hear/to listen to
A
Kikimasu
9
Q
To do
A
Shimasu
10
Q
To study
A
Benkyou o shimasu
11
Q
To work
A
Shigoto o shimasu
12
Q
To have a meeting
A
Kaigi o shimasu
13
Q
To go shopping
A
Kaimono o shimasu
14
Q
To jog
A
Jogingu o shimasu
15
Q
To party
A
Pati o shimasu
16
Q
To play tennis
A
Tenisu o shimasu
17
Q
To give
A
Agemasu
18
Q
To receive
A
Moraimasu / morau
19
Q
To come
A
Kimasu / kuru
20
Q
To return
A
Kaerimasu
21
Q
To be good at
A
Jouzu desu
22
Q
To be good at (past)
A
Jouzu deshita
23
Q
To not be good at
A
Jouzu dewa arimasen
24
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To not be good at (past)
A
Jouzu dewa arimasen deshita
25
To like
Suki desu
26
To not like
Suki dewa arimasen
27
To like (past)
Suki deshita
28
To not like (past)
Suki dewa arimasen deshita
29
To like very much
Totemo suki desu
30
To understand
Wakarimasu
31
To go to sleep
Nemasu / neru
32
To run
Hashirimasu / hashiru
33
To get up
Okimasu / okiru
34
To work (other)
Hatarakimasu / hataraku
35
To buy
Kaimasu / kau
36
To wait
Matsu
37
Wait!
Matte!, mate! (More forceful), mate yo!
38
To write
Kakimasu
39
To sing
Utaimasu / utau
40
To read
Yomimasu
41
To draw
Kakimasu
42
To swim
Oyogimasu
43
To play
Asobimasu
44
To take pictures
Shashin o torimasu / toru
45
To learn
Naraimasu
46
To stay at home
Gozaitaku desu
47
To ride
Norimasu / noru
48
To use (a mode of transport)
Tsukaimasu
49
To play baseball
Yakyuu o shimasu
50
To play soccer
Sakkaa o shimasu
51
To play basketball
Basuketto booru o shimasu
52
To play sports
Supoutsu o shimasu
53
To do yoga
Yoga o shimasu
54
To do karate
Karate o shimasu
55
To go out
Dekakemasu
56
To play video games
Geemu o shimasu
57
To make
Tsukurimasu / tsukuru
58
To check emails
Meeru o yomimasu
59
To take a shower
Shawaa o abimasu / abiru
60
To sell
Urimasu / uru
61
To get off
Orimasu / oriru
62
To dance
Odorimasu
63
To take a bath
Ofuro ni hairimasu
64
Move (command)
Doite
65
To cut (food)
Kirimasu / kiru
66
To bake
Yakimasu / yaku
67
To deep fry
Agemasu / ageru
68
Stop (Command)
Yamero
69
To know
Shirimasu, shiru
70
To fly
Tobimasu
71
Slang for “to be hooked on” or “addicted to”
Hamatteiru
72
To boil
Yudemasu / yuderu
73
To grill
Yakimasu / yaku / guriru shimasu
74
To move (houses at least)
Hikkoshimasu
75
To be doing (informal)
Shiteru
76
To not eat (informal)
Tabenai
77
To not write (informal)
Kakanai
78
To not do (informal)
Shinai
79
Did (informal)
Shita
80
To not come (informal)
Konai
81
Come (here)!
Kite!
82
Didn’t write
Kakanakatta
83
Drank
Nonda
84
Stop (command) (female)
Yamete
85
Turned red
Akakunatta
86
To rest
Yasumimasu
87
To lose (an item)
Otoshimasu
88
To stop
Tomaru / tomarimasu
89
To meet
Aimasu / au
90
Watched (I think casual?)
Mita
91
Listening (continuous action)
Kiiteimasu / kiiteiru
92
Bought (casual)
Katta
93
Buying (continuous action)
Katteiru
94
Will not buy (casual)
Kawanai
95
To squeeze
Shiboru / shiborimasu
96
To push
Osu / oshimasu
97
To close
Shimeru / shimemasu
98
To close the door
Doa o shimemasu
99
To open
Akeru / akemasu
100
To walk
Arukimasu / aruku
101
To sit
Suwarimasu / suwaru
102
To wear
Kiru / kimasu
103
To wear a sweater
Seetaa o kimasu
104
Chatting (continuous action)
Hanashiteiru
105
Reading (continuous)
Yondeimasu
106
To not talk (inf.)
Hanasanai
107
Didn’t eat
Tabenakatta
108
To not watch
Minai
109
To want to go (inf.)
Ikitai
110
Go (politer request) / go! (Harsher)
Itte / ike!
111
Die! (Very rude)
Shine
112
To learn (more general)
Manabimasu
113
To not drink (inf.)
Nomanai
114
To quit (e.g. a job)
Yameru / yamemasu
115
To help
Tetsudaimasu
116
Didn’t watch (informal)
Minakatta
117
Running (continuous action)
Hashitteimasu
118
To throw
Nagemasu / nageru
119
To kick
Kerimasu / keru
120
To cook
Ryouri o shimasu
121
To garden
Gaadeningu o shimasu
122
To pet (e.g. a cat)
Nademasu / naderu
123
To eat (masculine)
Kuu
124
Can eat
Taberaremasu
125
The action of becoming awake / regaining consciousness
Me ga sameru
126
To wait for
Machimasu
127
To wear (e.g. shoes)
Haku
128
To become missing (one way of saying “to run out of”)
Nakunaru
129
To become
Naru / narimasu
130
To run out of something (another way)
Kireru
131
To drive
Unten suru
132
To not drive
Unten shinai
133
To not want to drive
Unten shitakunai
134
To turn on the light
Raito o tsukeru
135
Woke up (casual)
Okita
136
To go into
Hairimasu / hairu
137
Can go
Ikeru
138
To write (te form)
Kaite
139
To put out the trash
Gomi o dashimasu
140
Got sleepy
Nemukunatta
141
To get (to become) sleepy
Nemukunaru
142
To wear a hat
Boushi o kaburu
143
To wear sunglasses
Sangurasu o kakeru / kakemasu
144
To brush teeth
Ha o migaku / migakimasu
145
Arrived
Tsuita / tsukimashita
146
To call (on the phone)
Kakeru
147
To hit
Naguru
148
Went (casual)
Itta
149
I didn’t buy (casual)
Kawanakatta
150
To put on makeup
Meiku suru
151
To change clothes
Kigaeru
152
To put on perfume
Kousui o tsukeru
153
To call someone (actually)
Denwa suru
154
To think
Kangaeru
155
To give up
Akirameru
156
To do research on something / to investigate
Shiraberu
157
To come (a humble way)
Mairimasu
158
To pull
Hiku
159
To take one’s clothes off
Fuku o nugu
160
Drinking
Nondeimasu
161
Using
Tsukatteimasu
162
To chill (slang)
Chiruru
163
To request (especially a service from someone, but can be used more general)
Tanomimasu
164
To order
Chuumon suru
165
To wear pants
Zubon o haku
166
To win
Kachimasu / katsu
167
To lose (a game)
Makemasu / makeru
168
To hold / carry (when no location mentioned)
Motsu / mochimasu
169
To carry (to a location)
Hakobu / hakobimasu
170
Didn’t realize
Kidzukimasen deshita / kidzukanakatta
171
To practice
Renshuu shimasu
172
Can’t go
Ikenai
173
Taking pictures
Shashin o totteimasu
174
To not remember
Oboeteimasen
175
To dye (one’s hair)
Someru
176
To be open (e.g. a window)
Aiteimasu
177
To open (intransitive verb)
Aku / akimasu
178
The door opens
Doa ga aku
179
To end
Owarimasu / owaru
180
Looks like
Ni mieru / miemasu
181
Can
Dekimasu / dekiru
182
Cannot
Dekimasen / dekinai
183
To jump
Tobu
184
To hang up
Denwa o kiru / kirimasu
185
To fight
Tatakau
186
To stand up
Tatsu
187
To pay
Harau
188
To lick
Nameru
189
To push the button
Botan o osu / oshimasu
190
Wake up (command)
Okite
191
To go across
Wataru
192
To cross the river
Kawa o wataru
193
To wash
Arau / araimasu
194
To laugh
Warau
195
To eat out
Gaishoku suru
196
To do (honorific)
Nasaimasu
197
To eat (honorific)
Meshiagarimasu
198
Not have / there is not (casual)
Arunai
199
Worked (past tense) (casual)
Hataraita
200
Will not work (casual)
Hatarakanai
201
Didn’t work (casual)
Hatarakanakatta
202
To be flying
Tondeimasu
203
To do the dishes
Araimono o suru
204
To make a mistake
Machigaeru / misuru
205
To fry (in a pan)
Itameru
206
Was resting
Yasundeimashita
207
To translate
Honyakushimasu
208
To be born
Umareru
209
To die
Shinu
210
To exit
Deru
211
To purchase
Kounyuu suru
212
To not have (people) (casual)
Inai
213
To heal / get better
Naorimasu
214
Forgot
Wasureta / wasuremashita
215
To memorize
Oboeru
216
To participate
Sanka shimasu
217
Is needed (required)
Hitsuyou desu
218
Stop (command) (on a street sign)
Tomare
219
To touch
Sawaru
220
Didn’t read
Yomanakatta
221
Didn’t do (casual)
Shinakatta
222
Slept (casual)
Neta
223
To turn (direction)
Magarimasu
224
To find
Mitsukeru
225
Can find
Mitsukeraremasu
226
To open (making interior visible)
Hiraku
227
To walk into the shade
Hikage ni hairu
228
To put in (to add ex. an ingredient)
Iremasu / ireru
229
To stay up late
Yofukashisuru
230
To become cute
Kawaiku naru
231
To become good at
Jouzu ni naru
232
To become a teacher
Sensei ni naru
233
Didn’t become (casual)
Naranakatta
234
To ignore
Mushi suru
235
To reply
Henji suru
236
To forget
Wasureru / wasuremasu
237
To cry
Naku
238
Said
To itta
239
Was saying
To itteita
240
To fold laundry
Sentakumono o tatamu
241
To hang up laundry
Sentakumono o hosu
242
Can’t become
Narenai
243
To love
Aishimasu
244
Wanted to talk
Hanashitakatta
245
Didn’t want to talk
Hanashitakunakatta
246
To choose
Erabu
247
Chose (I think casual)
Eranda
248
To dry (oneself)
Karada o fuku
249
Can eat (everyday) (not officially grammatically correct)
Tabereru
250
To teach
Oshieru / oshiemasu
251
To lend
Kashimasu
252
To borrow
Kariru / karimasu
253
To get married
Kekkon shimasu
254
To get divorced
Rikon shimasu
255
Sang (casual)
Utatta
256
To make fun of
Bakanisuru
257
Am used to it
Nareteiru
258
The doors are closing
Doa ga shimarimasu
259
Was different (casual)
Chigatta
260
To microwave / to heat up (slang)
Chin suru
261
To play guitar
Gitaa o hikimasu
262
To prepare
Junbi suru
263
To visit (one way) (used when visiting a place)
Otozureru
264
To visit (another way) (for visiting places or people - usually implies a specific purpose for visiting)
Tazuneru
265
To visit (a third, formal way)
Houmon suru
266
To touch (often used when talking about touch that happens by chance / doesn’t last long)
Fureru
267
Not eating
Tabeteinai
268
Not watching / looking
Miteinai
269
Not reading
Yondeinai
270
Thought (as in “I thought”)
Omotta / omoimashita
271
To pretend
Furi o suru
272
Found / came across (casual)
Mitsuketa
273
Carried (casual)
Hakonda
274
To cook rice
Kome o taku
275
To be afraid
Osoreru
276
To park my car
Kuruma o chuusha shimasu
277
Don’t want to (something) (verb stem + replacement of “masu” with…)
Takunai
278
Don’t want to do
Shitakunai
279
To talk / chat
Shaberu
280
Never seen before (casual)
Mitakotonai
281
To dry (hair)
Kawakasu
282
To dry (hair) (intransitive)
Kawaku
283
Can’t sleep
Nerenai / nemurenai / nemuremasen
284
To sleep well
Yoku nemasu
285
Came (casual)
Kita
286
To begin
Hajimemasu
287
To begin (intransitive)
Hajimarimasu
288
To clear up (weather)
Hareru
289
Can’t run fast
Hayaku hashirenai
290
To improve (implies something was bad before)
Kaizen suru
291
To improve (at a skill)
Joutatsu shimasu
292
To improve (in general) (e.g. hotel service)
Koujou shimasu
293
To arrive
Tsukimasu / tsuku
294
To arrive (more formal) (has nuance of coming a long way)
Touchakusuru
295
To make money
Okane (o) kasegu
296
To hurry
Isogu
297
Has been
Shitekiteiru
298
To shout
Sakebu
299
To explain
Setsumei suru
300
To remember
Omoidasu
301
To wipe (e.g. a table)
Fuku / fukimasu
302
To finish reading
Yomikiru
303
To decide
Kimeru
304
Coming
Kiteimasu
305
To bite
Kamu
306
To celebrate
Iwau
307
Knew (casual)
Shitteta
