A List of Verbs

The original form of every Japanese verb ends with the wu sound. Therefore, the last syllabary (hiragana) is one of these characters: u, ku, su, tsu, nu, fu, mu, yu, ru.

to dry up … ho-su
to give … ata-eru
to correct … tada-su
to die … shi-nu
to reach … ita-ru
to regret … ku-iru
[Day] breaks. … a-keru
to reveal [a secret] … a-kasu
to hold a grudge … ura-mu
to consider … omonpaka-ru
to yearn … nen-jiru
to round … maru-meru
to know … shi-ru
to eat … ta-beru
to eat … shoku-suru
to drink … no-mu
to rejoice … yoroko-bu
to get angry … oko-ru
to get angry … ika-ru
to lament … kana-shimu
to enjoy … tano-shimu
to make … tsuku-ru
to move … ugo-ku
to be upset … -jiru
to bear fruit … mino-ru
to work … tsuto-meru
to live … i-kiru
to be born … u-mareru
to bear … u-mu
to produce … shō-jiru
to rear … yashina-u
to ask for … tano-mu
to rely on … tayo-ru
to laugh … wara-u
to make [somebody] laugh … wara-wasu
to waver … mayo-u
to divide … wa-keru
to decide … ki-meru
to be decided … ki-maru
to believe … shin-jiru
to walk … aru-ku
to step … ayu-mu
to strain [oneself] … riki-mu
to strengthen … tyuyo-meru
to gather strength … tyuyo-maru
to say … i-u
to be in high spirits … isa-mu
to pay attention … kokoro-suru
to become white … shira-mu
to become sparse … su-ku
to become red … aka-ramu
to become black … kuro-zumu
to become yellow … ki-bamu
to become vacant … a-ku
to write … ka-ku
to shine … hika-ru
to become clear … ha-reru
to make clear … ha-rasu
to repair … nao-su
to love … ai-suru
to go up … a-garu
to raise … a-geru
to rise … nobo-ru
to calm down … nago-mu
to come … ku-ru
to make an effort … tsuto-meru
to measure … haka-ru
to study … mana-bu
to prosper … saka-eru
to investigate … shira-beru
to bunch … taba-neru
to lose or to remove … na-kusu
to go … i-ku
to regard … moku-suru
to stand up … ta-tsu
to stand [something] … ta-teru
to distinguish … kaku-suru
to deepen … fuka-meru
to excel … ta-keru
to excel or to grow up … chō-zuru
to run … hashi-ru
to head … mu-kau
to feel … kan-jiru
to be against … han-suru
to bend … so-ru
to go ahead … saki-njiru
to take the place of [something] … ka-waru
to replace … ka-eru
to suffer … kuru-shimu
to taste … aji-wau
to cling … ama-eru
to make use of … mochi-iru
to think, to suppose, or to guess … omo-u
to take the form of [a fox or a raccoon dog] … ba-keru
to bewitch … ba-kasu
to complete … matto-usuru
to guard … mamo-ru
to suffice … ta-ru
to suffice … ta-riru
to enter … hai-ru
to put [something] into … i-reru
to come next … tsu-gu
to lose … ushina-u
to intersect … maji-waru
to mix or to combine … maji-eru
to learn … nara-u
to go out … de-ru
to aim at … sada-meru
to be decided … sada-maru
to add … kuwa-eru
to join … kuwa-waru
to rejoice … yoroko-bu
to be fond of … su-ku
to be fond of … kono-mu
to move up … haya-meru
to be moved up … haya-maru
to express … hyō-suru
to record … shiru-su
to match … a-u
to celebrate … iwa-u
to celebrate … shuku-suru
to profit or to benefit … ri-suru
to announce … tsu-geru
to look at … mi-ru
to show … mi-seru
to order … mei-jiru
to count … kazo-eru
to narrow … hoso-meru
to carry … hako-bu
to become rich … to-mu
to transmit or to inform … tsuta-eru
to be connected with … china-mu
to point or to indicate … sa-su
to become extinct … ta-eru
to eradicate … ta-yasu
to be smoky … kemu-ru
to pray … ino-ru
to trade … akina-u
to pile … tsu-mu
to sparkle … kira-meku
to remove or to detach … hazu-su
to come off … hazu-reru
to cry … na-ku
to attack … se-meru
to remain … ama-ru
to wither … ka-reru
to make [something] wither … ka-rasu
to indicate … shime-su
to lack … ka-ku
to bless … megu-mu
to travel … tabi-suru
to explain … to-ku
to found … -keru
to sharpen … to-gu
to pierce … sa-su
to compel … sema-ru
to become complete … na-ru
to achieve … na-su
to end … o-waru
to finish [something] … o-eru
to talk … hana-su
to tell [a story] … kata-ru
to talk together … kata-rau
to wrap … tsutsu-mu
to fold or to break … o-ru
to declare … -su

If you want to see the above verbs in Japanese (kanji and hiragana), visit this page.

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