Important Japanese Verbs 100

Regular Verbs

tabemasu to eat nomimasu to drink kaimasu to buy mimasu to watch, look, see misemasu to show kakimasu to write, draw, paint okurimasu to send tsukurimasu to make, produce, cook tsukaimasu to use aimasu to meet / to match, fit ikimasu to go kimasu to come kaerimasu to return arimasu to have, be at, exist (inanimate object) imasu to have, be at, exist (animate object) hanashimasu to talk, speak yakushimasu to translate nemasu to lie down, go to bed okimasu to get up, wake up, happen, occur kowaremasu to be broken naoshimasu to repair, fix agemasu to give, present / to raise, lift up moraimasu to receive, be given karimasu to borrow, rent agarimasu to go up, rise sagarimasu to go down, drop

fuemasu to increase herimasu to decrease naraimasu to learn oboemasu to memorize, learn, master oshiemasu to teach, inform, notice, let somebody know shirabemasu to check, investigate wasuremasu to forget hajimarimasu to begin, start, open owarimasu to finish, end akemasu to open shimemasu to close kachimasu to win makemasu to lose (a game) magarimasu to turn, curve tomarimasu to stop / to stay (the night), lodge norimasu to get on, ride orimasu to get off suwarimasu to sit, have a seat araimasu to wash yakimasu to grill, bake, roast, toast kirimasu to cut kimasu to wear, put on (clothes) nugimasu to take off (shoes, clothes) torimasu to take, get / to take a picture shimasu to do, play (something)

Suru Verbs

[noun] o shimasu / suru

benkyoo to learn, study choosa to investigate, inquire chuumon to order (goods) denwa to phone, call genshoo to decrease, drop hantai to oppose, be against happyoo to announce hatsubai to release, be on sale henji to reply, answer henka to change honyaku to translate hookoku to report insatsu to print kaihatsu to develop kakunin to check, confirm kanri to manage, control kansei to complete keisan to calculate kekkon to get married kenkyuu to study, research kensa to check, test, inspect kensaku to search kentoo to discuss, study, think over kesseki be absent from kikoku to return to one's country

kookan to exchange, replace koshoo to be broken renraku to contact, get in touch, inform renshuu to practice, drill rikon to divorce riyoo to use ryokoo to travel, make a trip ryoori to cook sansei to agree, support shigoto to work shokuji to have a meal shucchoo to go on a business trip shuushoku to get job shusseki to attend shuuri to repair, fix soodan to consult, discuss, talk with sotsugyoo to graduate undoo to take exercise unten to drive yakusoku to promise, make an appointment yoyaku to reserve, book yunyuu to import yushutsu to export yuushoo to win championship zooka to increase, grow