Japanese Verbs Conjugations

Japanese verbs are roughly divided into three groups according to their dictionary form (basic form). The basic form of Group 1 verbs end with ~ u. The basic form of Group 2 verbs end with either ~iru or ~ eru. Group 3 verbs are irregular verbs. There are only two irregular verbs, kuru (to come) and suru (to do). Click here to learn more about Japanese verbs and hear their pronunciation (Audio Phrasaebook – verbs). Here are some common verbs from each group. The links lead to various conjugations of each verb. Group 1 aruku æ ­ ©Ã£   --- to walk asobu é Å Ã£  ¶ --- to play au ä ¼Å¡Ã£ â€  --- to meet hairu å… ¥Ã£â€šâ€¹ --- to enter hajimaru Ã¥ §â€¹Ã£  ¾Ã£â€šâ€¹ --- to begin iku è ¡Å'㠁  --- to go kaeru Ã¥ ¸ °Ã£â€šâ€¹ --- to return kakaru 㠁‹ã â€¹Ã£â€šâ€¹ --- to takekaku æ› ¸Ã£   --- to writekau è ² ·Ã£ â€  --- to buy kiku è Å¾Ã£   --- to listen matsu Ã¥ ¾â€¦Ã£  ¤ --- to wait motsu æÅ' Ã£  ¤ --- to havenarau ç ¿â€™Ã£ â€  --- to learnnomu é £ ²Ã£â€šâ‚¬ --- to drinkokuru é€ Ã£â€šâ€¹ --- to sendomou æ€ Ã£ â€  --- to thinkoyogu æ ³ ³Ã£   --- to swimshiru çŸ ¥Ã£â€šâ€¹ --- to know suwaru Ã¥ º §Ã£â€šâ€¹ --- to sit tatsu ç «â€¹Ã£  ¤ --- to stand tomaru æ ­ ¢Ã£  ¾Ã£â€šâ€¹ --- to stop tsuku ç â‚¬Ã£   --- to arrive uru Ã¥ £ ²Ã£â€šâ€¹ --- to sellutau æ ­Å'㠁† --- to singwakaru 分㠁‹ã‚‹ --- to understandwarau ç ¬â€˜Ã£ â€  --- to laugh yomu è ª ­Ã£â€šâ‚¬ --- to read Group 2 kangaeru è€Æ'㠁ˆã‚‹ --- to thinkmiru è ¦â€¹Ã£â€šâ€¹ --- to see; to lookneru Ã¥ ¯ Ã£â€šâ€¹ --- to sleeposhieru 教㠁ˆã‚‹ --- to teachtaberu é £Å¸Ã£  ¹Ã£â€šâ€¹ --- to eat Group 3 kuru æ  ¥Ã£â€šâ€¹ --- to come suru 㠁™ã‚‹ --- to do