1
Q
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
Q
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)
Nai
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
308
To invite
Sasoimasu / sasou
309
Forgot (stronger, usually accompanied w/ regret)
Wasurechatta
310
To promise
Yakusoku suru
311
Looking for
Sagashiteiru
312
Was looking for
Sagashiteita
313
Not selling
Uttenai
314
To get angry
Okoru
315
Got angry
Okotta
316
Can speak
Hanaseru
317
Can write
Kakeru
318
To send (one way)
Okuru
319
To taste
Ajiwau
320
To plan / intend to
Tsumori desu / da
321
To contact
Renraku suru
322
To fall in love
Koi ni ochiru
323
To turn on the light (another way)
Denki o tsukemasu
324
To relax
Kutsurogimasu
325
Can meet
Aeru
326
Will not go (maybe casual?)
Ikazu
327
To work overtime
Zangyou o shimasu
328
To pass (e.g. an exam)
Goukaku suru
329
To be alive
Ikiteiru
330
To yawn
Akubisuru
331
To nod
Unazuku
332
To bow
Ojigisuru
333
To gain weight
Futoru
334
To lose weight
Yaseru
335
To go to pick up someone (e.g. at an airport)
Mukae ni iku
336
To break up
Wakareru
337
To crave / to want to eat (another way)
Tabetakunaru
338
Didn’t sleep (casual)
Nenakatta
339
To follow (away from current location)
Tsuiteiku
340
To want to stop by (a place)
Yoritai
341
To sell (another way)
Hanbai suru
342
To create
Sakusei suru
343
Received
Moratta
344
Am satisfied
Manzoku shiteiru
345
Formal negative of “is”
Dewanai
346
Learned (one way) / found out
Shitta
347
Disappeared
Kieta
348
To disappear
Kieru
349
Haven’t seen
Mitenai
350
Difficult to eat
Tabezurai da / desu
351
To not be crying
Naiteinai
352
To be done (passive form of “suru”)
Sareru / saremasu
353
Have not done / have not completed
Dekitenai
354
To be late (specifically for a scheduled meeting, school, etc.)
Chikoku suru
355
To be late (in general)
Okureru
356
Could not
Dekinakatta
357
Could not go
Ikenakatta
358
Could not see
Mienakatta
359
Could not hear
Kikoenakatta
360
To feel (e.g. an emotion)
Kanjiru
361
To respect (someone’s values, beliefs, or beliefs)
Sonchou suru
362
To respect (someone’s character or achievements)
Sonkei suru
363
To sniff
Kagu
364
To remarry
Saikon suru
365
To give (honorific)
Kudasaru
366
To give (when something is given to you)
Kureru
367
To lift
Mochiageru
368
To crawl
Hau
369
Released / published
Koukai sareta
370
To help (someone in a dangerous / difficult situation)
Tasukeru
371
To check
Kakunin suru
372
To get back to someone (one way) (I will contact [you] again)
Mata renraku shimasu
373
Was able to see
Mireta
374
To change
Kawaru
375
Changed
Kawatta
376
Is broken
Kowareteiru
377
To call a taxi
Takushii o yobu / yobimasu
378
To pay attention
Kamau
379
To spend (time)
Sugosu / sugoshimasu
380
Cooling off
Suzundeimasu
381
Finished reading (second way)
Yomioemashita
382
To finish watching
Mioeru
383
To finish reading (another way)
Yomioeru
384
To fix / correct / repair
Naosu / naoshimasu
385
To be calm
Ochitsuku
386
To answer
Kotaeru
387
To show / to display
Miseru / misemasu
388
To line up
Narabu
389
To fall
Ochiru
390
To fall (specifically for rain and snow)
Furu
391
To take
Toru / torimasu
392
To take + receive (e.g. a package)
Uketoru
393
Explain! (Command)
Setsumei shite!
394
Suits (you) / looks good on (you)
Niatteru
395
To face the sea
Umi ni mensuru
396
To decorate
Kazaru
397
To understand (another way / more formal) / to comprehend
Rikai suru
398
To remain / to be left behind
Nokoru
399
To leave (something) behind
Nokosu
400
Leave it (command)
Nokoshite
401
To come out / to appear
Deru
402
Let’s review
Fukushuu shimashou
403
To wave
Te o furu
404
Can’t connect (e.g. to the WiFi)
Tsunagaranai
405
To take a break
Kyuukei o toru
406
To drop
Otosu
407
To drop chopsticks
Hashi o otosu
408
To be moved (emotionally)
Kandou suru
409
To know (more polite) / to be aware
Zonjimasu
410
To apologize / to admit fault
Ayamaru
411
Will not wait (informal)
Matanai
412
Will be going (polite)
Ikaremasu
413
To not wash
Arawanai
414
Lost (a game) (casual)
Maketa
415
To not say (negation of “iu”)
Iwanai
416
To go meet (someone)
Ai ni iku
417
To have to go meet (someone) (informal)
Ai ni ikanakya
418
To not receive (informal)
Morawanai
419
To become anxious
Fuan ni naru
420
To live / exist
Ikiru
421
To prepare (another way)
Youi suru
422
To propose (marriage)
Puropouzu suru
423
To propose to my girlfriend
Kanojo ni puropouzu suru
424
To be popular
Moteru
425
To save money
Chokin suru
426
To make wet
Nurasu
427
To get wet
Nureru
428
To slurp noodles
Men o susuru
429
To get lost
Michi ni mayou
430
To celebrate a birthday
Tanjoubi o iwau
431
To keep warm
Atatakaku suru
432
To catch a cold
Kaze o hiku
433
To set an alarm
Mezamashi o kakeru
434
To focus
Shuuchuu suru
435
To get one’s money’s worth
Moto o toru
436
To notice
Kizuku
437
To deliver
Todokeru
438
Was delivered
Todoita
439
To return (another way) (does not imply, for example, returning home)
Modoru
440
To pronounce
Hatsuon suru
441
To return (something to its original place)
Modoshimasu
442
Couldn’t eat (it)
Taberarenakatta
443
To kill
Korosu
444
To block / defend / protect
Fusegu
445
To get better (a different way than “naoru”)
Yoku naru
446
To hold / conduct a meeting
Kaigi o okonau
447
To try singing
Utatte miru
448
Tried singing
Utatte mita
449
To pass (an exam) (more casual)
Ukaru
450
To go mountain climbing
Yama no bori ni iku
451
To let go (e.g. of my hand)
Hanasu
452
To protect
Mamoru
453
To fart
Onara suru
454
To steal
Nusumu
455
To break (specifically referring to cracking hard / flat things)
Wareru
456
To change (intentionally) / to modify / to alter
Henkou suru
457
Turned on the lights
Denki o tsuketa
458
To take out / remove contacts
Kontakuto o hazusu
459
To introduce yourself
Jiko shoukai o suru
460
To bloom
Saku / sakimasu
461
To close one’s eyes
Me o tojiru
462
To close a book
Hon o tojiru
463
To turn off the lights
Denki o kesu
464
To lie
Uso o tsuku
465
To grow (by extending)
Nobiru
466
To put out / take out
Dasu / dashimasu / toridasu (emphasis on *taking* out something from, e.g., a box)
467
To take responsibility
Sekinin o toru
468
To take off (my) sunglasses
Sangurasu o hazusu
469
To depart
Shuppatsu suru
470
To guide
Annai suru
471
To withdraw (money)
Hikidasu
472
To get fired
Kubi ni naru
473
To become broke (one way)
Binbou ni naru
474
To be pissed off
Mukatsuku
475
To become expelled
Taigaku ni naru
476
Said (informal)
Tte itta
477
To believe / to trust / to have faith in
Shinjiru
Japanese
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