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🇯🇵 Common Japanese verbs

Go, come, eat, want, need, know. A hundred or so verbs carry most of what anybody says in a day, and these are them. Press any line to hear it.

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Everyday Verbs

行くikuTo go
来るkuruTo come
食べるtabe ruTo eat
飲むnomuTo drink
寝るneruTo sleep
買うkauTo buy
持っているmotsu teiruTo have
好きsukiTo like
するsuruTo do / make
何?nani?What?

Action Verbs

開けるhirake ruTo open
閉めるshime ruTo close
書くkakuTo write
読むyomuTo read
聞くkikuTo listen
話すhanasuTo speak
歩くarukuTo walk
座るsuwaruTo sit
立つtatsuTo stand
走るhashiruTo run

Handy Verbs

行くikuTo go
来るkuruTo come
食べるtabe ruTo eat
飲むnomuTo drink
寝るneruTo sleep
〜たい~ taiTo want to
好きsukiTo like
持っているmotsu teiruTo have
する・作るsuru / tsukuruTo do / make
見るmiruTo see
話すhanasuTo speak
買うkauTo buy

More Verbs

開けるhirake ruTo open
閉めるshime ruTo close
あげるageruTo give
取るtoruTo take / want
使うtsukauTo use
探すsagasuTo look for
会う・見つけるau / mitsu keruTo meet / find
待つmatsuTo wait
始めるhajime ruTo start
終わるowa ruTo finish / end
尋ねるtazune ruTo ask
伝えるtsutae ruTo tell

Daily Routine

起きるoki ruTo wake up
シャワーを浴びるshawaa o abi ruTo shower / bathe
歯を磨くhawo migakuTo brush teeth
服を着るfuku o kiruTo get dressed
食事をするshokuji wosuruTo eat a meal
働くhatarakuTo work
休むyasumuTo rest
寝床に入るnedoko ni iruTo go to bed
顔を洗うkao o arauTo wash your face
髪をとかすkami wotokasuTo comb your hair
出かけるdeka keruTo go out
家に帰るie ni kaeruTo go home

Everyday Actions

開けるhirake ruTo open
閉めるshime ruTo close
押すosuTo push
引くhikuTo pull
投げるnage ruTo throw
つかまえるtsukamaeruTo catch
壊すkowasuTo break
直すnaosuTo fix
建てるtate ruTo build
切るkiruTo cut
運ぶhakobuTo carry
持ち上げるmochi age ruTo lift
落とすoto suTo drop
折るoruTo fold
結ぶmusubuTo tie
押すosuTo press

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