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JLPT N5 verbs (99)
Every verb on the N5 list, with its group and meaning. Tap a verb for its full conjugation table — plain and polite, past, te-form, potential, passive, causative, conditional and imperative. New to this? Start with the conjugation guide.
| Verb | Reading | Meaning | Group |
|---|---|---|---|
| 会う | あう au | to meet, to see | Godan verb |
| 開ける | あける akeru | to open (v.t.) | Ichidan verb |
| 上げる | あげる ageru | to raise, to lift | Ichidan verb |
| 遊ぶ | あそぶ asobu | to play; to spend time pleasantly; to hang out | Godan verb |
| 浴びる | あびる abiru | to bathe, to shower | Ichidan verb |
| 洗う | あらう arau | to wash | Godan verb |
| ある | ある aru | to be, to have | Godan verb |
| 歩く | あるく aruku | to walk | Godan verb |
| 言う | いう iu | to say | Godan verb |
| 行く | いく iku | to go | Godan verb |
| いる | いる iru | to need | Godan verb |
| いる | いる iru | (humble) to be (animate), to exist | Ichidan verb |
| 入れる | いれる ireru | to put in | Ichidan verb |
| 歌う | うたう utau | to sing | Godan verb |
| 生まれる | うまれる umareru | to be born | Ichidan verb |
| 売る | うる uru | to sell (v.t.) | Godan verb |
| 起きる | おきる okiru | to get up (e.g., from sleeping); to happen | Ichidan verb |
| 置く | おく oku | to put; to lay; to place | Godan verb |
| 教える | おしえる oshieru | to teach, to inform, to instruct | Ichidan verb |
| 押す | おす osu | to push, to press, to stamp (e.g., a passport) | Godan verb |
| 覚える | おぼえる oboeru | to learn, to commit to memory, to remember, to memorize | Ichidan verb |
| 泳ぐ | およぐ oyogu | to swim | Godan verb |
| 降りる | おりる oriru | to get off | Ichidan verb |
| 終る | おわる owaru | to finish, to close | Godan verb |
| 買う | かう kau | to buy | Godan verb |
| 返す | かえす kaesu | to return something | Godan verb |
| 帰る | かえる kaeru | to go back, to go home, to return | Godan verb |
| 書く | かく kaku | to write | Godan verb |
| かける | かける kakeru | to put on (e.g., glasses); to hang (e.g., on a wall) | Ichidan verb |
| 貸す | かす kasu | to lend | Godan verb |
| 借りる | かりる kariru | to borrow, to owe | Ichidan verb |
| 消える | きえる kieru | to vanish, to disappear | Ichidan verb |
| 聞く | きく kiku | to hear, to listen, to ask | Godan verb |
| 切る | きる kiru | to cut; to hang up (a phone) | Godan verb |
| 着る | きる kiru | to put on (clothes above your waist); to wear | Ichidan verb |
| 曇る | くもる kumoru | to become cloudy, to become dim | Godan verb |
| 来る | くる kuru | to come | Irregular verb |
| 消す | けす kesu | to erase, to delete, to turn off power | Godan verb |
| 答える | こたえる kotaeru | to answer, to reply | Ichidan verb |
| 困る | こまる komaru | to be bothered, to have difficulty | Godan verb |
| 咲く | さく saku | to bloom | Godan verb |
| 差す | さす sasu | to raise (stretch out) hands, to raise (e.g., umbrella) | Godan verb |
| 死ぬ | しぬ shinu | to die | Godan verb |
| 閉まる | しまる shimaru | to close, to be closed | Godan verb |
| 締める | しめる shimeru | to tie, to fasten, to tighten | Ichidan verb |
| 閉める | しめる shimeru | to close, to shut | Ichidan verb |
| 知る | しる shiru | to know, to understand | Godan verb |
| 吸う | すう suu | to breathe in, to suck | Godan verb |
| 住む | すむ sumu | to reside, to live in | Godan verb |
| 座る | すわる suwaru | to sit | Godan verb |
| 立つ | たつ tatsu | to stand up | Godan verb |
| 頼む | たのむ tanomu | to request, to ask (a favor) | Godan verb |
| 食べる | たべる taberu | to eat | Ichidan verb |
| 出す | だす dasu | to take (something) out; to hand in (something) | Godan verb |
| 違う | ちがう chigau | to be different; to differ; wrong | Godan verb |
| 使う | つかう tsukau | to use | Godan verb |
| 疲れる | つかれる tsukareru | to get (become) tired; to become fatigued | Ichidan verb |
| 着く | つく tsuku | to arrive at, to reach | Godan verb |
| 作る | つくる tsukuru | to make, to create | Godan verb |
| 勤める | つとめる tsutomeru | to work (for) | Ichidan verb |
| 出かける | でかける dekakeru | to go out; to depart | Ichidan verb |
| 出る | でる deru | to appear, to leave | Ichidan verb |
| 飛ぶ | とぶ tobu | to fly, to hop | Godan verb |
| 止まる | とまる tomaru | to come to a halt | Godan verb |
| 撮る | とる toru | to take (a photo), to make (a film) | Godan verb |
| 取る | とる toru | to take (a class); to get (a grade) | Godan verb |
| 鳴く | なく naku | to make sound (animal) | Godan verb |
| なくす | なくす nakusu | to lose something | Godan verb |
| 習う | ならう narau | to learn | Godan verb |
| 並ぶ | ならぶ narabu | to line up, to stand in a line (v.i.) | Godan verb |
| 並べる | ならべる naraberu | to put (things) side by side; to line up | Ichidan verb |
| 脱ぐ | ぬぐ nugu | to take off (clothes) | Godan verb |
| 寝る | ねる neru | to sleep; to go to sleep; to go to bed | Ichidan verb |
| 登る | のぼる noboru | to climb | Godan verb |
| 飲む | のむ nomu | to drink | Godan verb |
| 乗る | のる noru | to get on, to ride in, to board | Godan verb |
| 入る | はいる hairu | to enter, to contain, to hold | Godan verb |
| 走る | はしる hashiru | to run | Godan verb |
| 始まる | はじまる hajimaru | (something) begins | Godan verb |
| 働く | はたらく hataraku | to work | Godan verb |
| 話す | はなす hanasu | to speak | Godan verb |
| 貼る | はる haru | to post; to paste; to attach | Godan verb |
| 晴れる | はれる hareru | to be sunny | Ichidan verb |
| 引く | ひく hiku | to pull, to draw; subtract | Godan verb |
| 吹く | ふく fuku | to blow (wind, etc.) | Godan verb |
| 降る | ふる furu | to precipitate, to fall (e.g., rain, snow, etc.) | Godan verb |
| 曲る | まがる magaru | to turn, to bend | Godan verb |
| 待つ | まつ matsu | to wait | Godan verb |
| 磨く | みがく migaku | to brush (teeth); to polish | Godan verb |
| 見せる | みせる miseru | to show, to display | Ichidan verb |
| 見る | みる miru | to see, to look | Ichidan verb |
| 持つ | もつ motsu | to hold, to carry; to possess | Godan verb |
| 休む | やすむ yasumu | to rest, to have a break, to get time off | Godan verb |
| 呼ぶ | よぶ yobu | to call (one's name); to invite | Godan verb |
| 読む | よむ yomu | to read | Godan verb |
| わかる | わかる wakaru | to understand | Godan verb |
| 忘れる | わすれる wasureru | to forget | Ichidan verb |
| 渡す | わたす watasu | to hand (something) over (v.t.); to get across | Godan verb |
| 渡る | わたる wataru | to cross over, to go across | Godan verb |