Verbs are the engine of any Japanese sentence, but conjugation is what makes them hum. Without it, you’re stuck saying ‘I eat’ when you mean ‘I ate,’ ‘I want to eat,’ or ‘please eat.’ This list hands you roughly 500 conjugated forms so you can stop flipping between scattered resources and start seeing the patterns that turn 食べる into 食べた, 食べない, and 食べさせる. No dusty grammar lectures-just the practical forms you’ll actually meet in conversations, manga, and everyday life. Keep the patterns beside you with this Japanese verb conjugation chart.
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| Word | Reading | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 渡る | わたる | godan | to cross over; to go across |
| 温まる | あたたまる | godan | to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm |
| 温める | あたためる | godan | to warm; to heat |
| 満ちる | みちる | godan | to be full |
| 滑る | Godan | to slip, slide | |
| 漬ける | つける | godan | to soak; to seep; to dip in |
| 濡れる | ぬれる | godan | to get wet |
| 焼く | やく | godan | to burn |
| 焼ける | やける | godan | to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset) |
| 燃える | もえる | ichidan | to burn; to get fired up |
| 片付ける | かたづける | godan | to tidy up; to put in order; to straighten up; to put away |
| 狂う | くるう | irregular | to go mad |
| 現れる | あらわれる | godan | to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise |
| 甘やかす | あまやかす | godan | to pamper; to spoil |
| 生きる | いきる | godan | to live; to exist |
| 生じる | しょうじる | godan | to produce; to yield; to cause |
| 生まれる | ru-verb | to be born | |
| 用いる | もちいる | ichidan | to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise |
| 申し上げる | もうしあげる | godan | to say; to tell; to state; to express; to offer; to extend (greetings, congratulations, etc.) |
| 申し込む | もうしこむ | godan | to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge; to lodge (objections); to request (an interview); to subscribe for; to book; to reserve |
| 申す | もうす | godan | to say; to be called |
| 異なる | ことなる | godan | to differ; to vary; to disagree |
| 疑う | うたがう | irregular | to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect |
| 疲れる | ru-verb | to get tired | |
| 痩せる | やせる | godan | to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to slim |
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