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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| つかまる | 捕まる | godan | to be caught; to be arrested |
| つかむ | 掴む | godan | to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to clutch; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on |
| つぐ | 注ぐ | godan | to pour (into a vessel); to fill (a cup, bowl, etc.) with; to dish out (food or drink) |
| つける | 点ける | godan | to turn on; to switch on; to light up |
| つなぐ | 繋ぐ | godan | to connect; to link together |
| できる | ichidan | to be able | |
| なくす | 無くす | godan | to lose (something); to mislay |
| なくなる | 無くなる | godan | to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing |
| なさる | 為さる | godan | to do |
| なる | 成る | godan | to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain |
| ひく | 轢く | godan | to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down |
| びっくり | 吃驚 | irregular | to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be astonished; to get startled; to jump |
| ぶつ | 打つ | godan | to hit (a person); to strike; to beat |
| まいる | 参る | ichidan | to go; to come; to call |
| マスター | irregular | to master (a skill) | |
| もらう | godan | to receive | |
| やめる | 止める | godan | to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to end; to quit |
| やる | u-verb | to do | |
| よす | 止す | godan | to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign; to give up |
| わかる | 分かる | godan | to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow |
| 上がる | あがる | godan | to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised |
| 上げる | あげる | godan | to raise; to elevate |
| 上る | のぼる | godan | to ascend; to go up; to climb |
| 下がる | さがる | godan | to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower |
| 下げる | さげる | godan | to hang; to suspend; to wear (e.g. decoration) |
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