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Japanese Study Units

N5 Verb

1 あう au
to meet, to encounter, to see
2 開く hiraku
to open (e.g. doors)
3 開ける hirakeru
to open (a door, etc.), to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package), to unlock
4 あげる ageru
to raise, to elevate
5 遊ぶ asobu
to play (games, sports), to enjoy oneself, to have a good time
6 浴びる abiru
to dash over oneself (e.g. water), to take (e.g. shower), to bask in (e.g. the sun), to bathe in, to be flooded with (e.g. light), to be covered in
7 洗う arau
to wash, to cleanse, to rinse
8 歩く aruku
to walk
9 言う iu
to say, to utter, to declare
10 いく iku
to go, to move (towards), to head (towards), to leave (for)
11 意味 imi
meaning, significance, sense
12 いる iru
to be (of animate objects), to exist
13 いる iru
to need, to want
14 入れる ireru
to put in, to let in, to take in, to bring in, to insert, to install (e.g. software), to set (a jewel, etc.), to ink in (e.g. tattoo)
15 歌う utau
to sing
16 生まれる umareru
to be born
17 売る uru
to sell
18 起きる okiru
to get up, to rise, to blaze up (fire)
19 おく oku
to put, to place
20 教える oshieru
to teach, to instruct
21 押す osu
to push, to press
22 同じ onaji
same, identical, equal, uniform, equivalent, similar, common (origin), changeless, alike
23 覚える oboeru
to memorize, to memorise, to commit to memory, to learn by heart, to bear in mind, to remember, to pick up, to acquire
24 泳ぐ oyogu
to swim
25 降りる oriru
to descend (e.g. a mountain), to go down, to come down
26 終わる owaru
to end, to come to an end, to close, to finish
27 買い物 kaimono
shopping, purchased goods
28 買う kau
to buy, to purchase
29 返す kaesu
to return (something), to restore, to put back
30 帰る kaeru
to return, to come home, to go home, to go back
31 書く kaku
to write, to compose, to pen
32 貸す kasu
to lend, to loan
33 借りる kariru
to borrow, to have a loan
34 消える kieru
to disappear, to vanish, to go out of sight, to go away, to become lost
35 聞く kiku
to hear
36 切る kiru
to cut, to cut through, to perform (surgery)
37 着る kiru
to wear (from the shoulders down), to put on
38 曇る kumoru
to get cloudy, to cloud over, to become overcast
39 消す kesu
to erase, to rub out, to rub off, to cross out, to delete
40 結婚 kekkon
marriage
41 答える kotaeru
to answer, to reply
42 困る komaru
to be troubled, to have difficulty, to be in a fix, to be at a loss, to be stumped, to be embarrassed
43 咲く saku
to bloom, to flower, to blossom, to open
44 作文 sakubun
writing (an essay, prose, etc.), composition
45 差す sasu
to shine
46 仕事 shigoto
work, job, labor, labour, business, task, assignment, occupation, employment
47 質問 shitsumon
question, inquiry, enquiry
48 死ぬ shinu
to die, to pass away
49 閉まる shimaru
to be shut, to close, to be closed
50 閉める shimeru
to close, to shut