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.
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| Word | Reading | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 過ぎる | ru-verb | to exceed | |
| 過ごす | すごす | godan | to pass (time); to spend |
| 達する | たっする | godan | to reach; to get to; to arrive at |
| 違う | godan | to differ, to be different | |
| 適する | てきする | godan | to fit; to suit |
| 選ぶ | u-verb | to choose | |
| 避ける | さける | godan | to avoid (physical contact with) |
| 酔う | よう | irregular | to get drunk; to become intoxicated |
| 釣る | つる | godan | to fish; to angle; to catch |
| 閉じる | ru-verb | to close | |
| 閉まる | しまる | godan | to be shut; to close; to be closed |
| 閉める | ichidan | to close | |
| 開く | u-verb | to open | |
| 開ける | ichidan | to open | |
| 間に合う | まにあう | irregular | to be in time for |
| 間違える | まちがえる | ichidan | to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation) |
| 関する | かんする | godan | to concern; to be related |
| 防ぐ | ふせぐ | godan | to defend against; to protect against |
| 降りる | おりる | godan | to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down |
| 降り出す | ふりだす | godan | to begin to rain; to begin to snow |
| 降る | ふる | godan | to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down |
| 限る | かぎる | godan | to restrict; to limit; to confine |
| 除く | のぞく | godan | to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate |
| 隠す | かくす | godan | to hide; to conceal |
| 隠れる | かくれる | godan | to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear |
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