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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 踏む | ふむ | godan | to step on; to tread on; to trample on |
| 蹴る | Ichidan | to kick | |
| 転ぶ | ころぶ | godan | to fall down; to fall over |
| 輝く | かがやく | godan | to shine; to glitter; to sparkle |
| 辞める | やめる | godan | to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.) |
| 込む | こむ | godan | to be crowded; to be packed |
| 迎える | ru-verb | to welcome, to greet | |
| 返す | かえす | godan | to return (something); to restore; to put back |
| 述べる | のべる | godan | to state; to express; to mention |
| 追いつく | おいつく | godan | to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to reach |
| 追う | おう | irregular | to chase; to run after; to pursue; to follow after |
| 送る | 五段 | to send | |
| 逃げる | にげる | godan | to escape; to run away |
| 逆らう | さからう | irregular | to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy |
| 通う | godan | to commute, to attend | |
| 通じる | つうじる | godan | to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to communicate (with) |
| 通す | とおす | godan | to stick through; to force through |
| 通り過ぎる | とおりすぎる | godan | to go past; to pass; to pass by |
| 通る | とおる | godan | to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of |
| 連絡 | れんらく | irregular | to contact; to get in touch |
| 進む | すすむ | godan | to advance; to go forward |
| 進める | すすめる | godan | to advance; to move forward; to put (a clock, watch) forward |
| 遅れる | おくれる | godan | to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue |
| 遊ぶ | godan | to play | |
| 運ぶ | はこぶ | godan | to carry; to transport; to move; to convey |
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