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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 集まる | あつまる | godan | to gather; to collect; to assemble |
| 集める | あつめる | godan | to collect; to assemble; to gather |
| 雇う | やとう | irregular | to employ |
| 離す | はなす | godan | to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart |
| 離れる | はなれる | godan | to be separated; to be apart; to be distant |
| 震える | ふるえる | ichidan | to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver |
| 預かる | あずかる | godan | to look after; to take care of; to keep; to hold on to; to keep in custody |
| 預ける | あずける | godan | to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to place (in someone's custody); to entrust (someone) with; to deposit |
| 頼む | たのむ | godan | to request; to beg; to ask |
| 頼る | たよる | godan | to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help) |
| 願う | ねがう | irregular | to desire; to wish; to hope |
| 飛ばす | とばす | godan | to let fly; to make fly; to send flying; to blow off (e.g. in the wind); to launch; to fire; to hurl; to shoot |
| 飛び出す | とびだす | godan | to jump out; to rush out; to fly out |
| 飛ぶ | う-verb | to fly | |
| 食う | くう | irregular | to eat |
| 食べる | ichidan | to eat | |
| 飲む | godan | to drink | |
| 飼う | かう | irregular | to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed |
| 飽きる | あきる | godan | to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough |
| 飾る | かざる | godan | to decorate; to ornament; to adorn |
| 騒ぐ | さわぐ | godan | to make noise; to make racket; to be noisy |
| 驚く | おどろく | godan | to be surprised; to be astonished |
| 鳴く | なく | godan | to sing (bird) |
| 鳴る | なる | godan | to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble |
| 黙る | だまる | godan | to be silent; to say nothing |
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