Japanese verb in Romaji

Vocabulary
Vocabulary
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Irregular Verb (‘shi ma su’ and ‘ki ma su’ only)

How to make dictionary form: There is no rule. You have to remember them.

meaningpolite formdictionary form
to play, to doshi ma susu ru
to comeki ma suku ru
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Ichidan Verb (‘e sound’ before ma su*)

*Some Ichidan verbs have ‘i sound’ before ma su, such as ‘o ki ma su’ (wake up) and ‘mi ma su’ (look, watch, see).

How to make dictionary form: Change ‘ma su’ into ‘ru’

meaningpolite formdictionary form
to eatta be ma suta be ru
to sleepne ma sune ru
to leavede ma sude ru
to wake upo ki ma suo ki ru
to watch, see, lookmi ma sumi ru
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Godan Verb (i sound before ma su)

How to make dictionary form: Change the letter in front of ‘ma su’ into ‘u’ sound

meaningpolite formdictionary form
to drinkno mi ma suno mu
to runha shi ri ma suha shi ru
to workha ta ra ki ma suha ta ra ku
to speakha na shi ma suha na su
to buyka i ma suka u

You can use following sentence patterns if you know verb dictionary form.

  • like to + verb = verb dictionary form + ko to ga su ki de su
  • be good at + verb ing = very dictionary form + ko to ga jo o zu de su
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