My words

覚える

おぼえる

to memorize, to memorise, to commit to memory, to learn by heart, to bear in mind, to remember to learn, to pick up, to acquire to feel to think, to regard

終わる

おわる

to finish, to end, to close

帰る

かえる

to leave to get home, to get to home plate to return to go home to come home to go back

掛ける

かける

to hang (e.g. picture), to hoist (e.g. sail), to raise (e.g. flag) to sit to take (time, money), to expend (money, time, etc.) to make (a call) to multiply to secure (e.g. lock) to put on (glasses, etc.) to cover to burden someone to apply (insurance) to turn on (an engine, etc.), to set (a dial, an alarm clock to put an effect (spell, anaesthetic, etc.) on to hold an emotion for (pity, hope, etc.) to bind to pour (or sprinkle, spray, etc.) onto to argue (in court), to deliberate (in a meeting), to present (e.g. idea to a conference, etc.) to increase further to catch (in a trap, etc.) to set atop to erect (a makeshift building) to hold (a play, festival, etc.) to wager, to bet, to risk, to stake, to gamble to be partway doing..., to begin (but not complete)..., to be about to... indicates (verb) is being directed to (someone) multiply

借りる

かりる

to borrow, to have a loan to rent, to hire

着る

きる

to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down), to put on to bear (guilt, etc.)

切る

きる

to cut, to cut through, to perform (surgery) to sever (connections, ties) to turn off (i.e. the light) to terminate (i.e. a conversation), to hang up (the phone), to disconnect to punch (a ticket), to tear off (a stub) to open (something sealed) to start to set (a limit), to do (something) in less or within a certain time, to issue (stamps, vouchers, etc.) to reduce, to decrease, to discount to shake off (water, etc.), to let drip-dry, to let drain to cross, to traverse to criticize sharply to act decisively, to do (something noticeable), to go first, to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki) to turn (a vehicle) to curl (a ball), to bend, to cut to shuffle (cards) to dismiss, to sack, to let go, to expulse, to excommunicate to dig (a groove), to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph) to trump (in Go) to isolate (an opponents stone) to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone) to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.) to finish, to complete

消す

けす

to erase, to delete, to cross out to turn off power to extinguish, to put out to bump off

閉める

しめる

to close, to shut

知る

しる

to be aware of, to know, to be conscious of, to cognize, to cognise to notice, to feel to understand, to comprehend, to grasp to remember, to be acquainted with (a procedure) to experience, to go through, to learn to be acquainted with (a person), to get to know to concern

咲く

さく

to bloom

為る

する

to do to cause to become, to make (into), to turn (into) to serve as, to act as, to work as to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.) to judge as being, to view as being, to think of as, to treat as, to use as to decide on, to choose to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) to be (in a state, condition, etc.) to be worth, to cost to pass (of time), to elapse verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs") creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go") to be just about to, to be just starting to, to try to, to attempt to

出す

だす

to take out, to get out to put out, to reveal, to show to submit (e.g. thesis), to turn in to publish, to make public to send (e.g. letter) to produce (a sound), to start (fire) to serve (food) to begin..., to start to..., to burst into...

疲れる

つかれる

to get tired, to tire to be worn out (e.g. of well used objects) to starve

勤める

つとめる

to work (for), to be employed (at), to serve (in) to serve (as), to act (as), to fill (the position of), to play the role (of) to conduct a religious service

出る

でる

to leave, to exit, to go out, to come out, to get out to leave (on a journey), to depart, to start out, to set out to move forward to come to, to get to, to lead to, to reach to appear, to come out, to emerge, to surface, to come forth, to turn up, to be found, to be detected, to be discovered, to be exposed, to show, to be exhibited, to be on display to appear (in print), to be published, to be announced, to be issued, to be listed, to come out to attend, to participate, to take part, to enter (an event), to play in, to perform to be stated, to be expressed, to come up, to be brought up, to be raised to sell to exceed, to go over to stick out, to protrude to break out, to occur, to start, to originate to be produced to come from, to be derived from to be given, to get, to receive, to be offered, to be provided, to be presented, to be submitted, to be handed in, to be turned in, to be paid to answer (phone, door, etc.), to get to assume (an attitude), to act, to behave to pick up (speed, etc.), to gain to flow (e.g. tears), to run, to bleed to graduate

取る

とる

to take, to pick up, to harvest, to earn, to win, to choose to steal to eat, to have (a meal) to remove (ones glasses, etc.) to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.), to play

習う

ならう

to take lessons in, to be taught, to learn (from a teacher), to study (under a teacher), to get training in

曇る

くぐもる くもる

to get cloudy, to cloud over, to become overcast to cloud up, to fog up, to mist up, to become dim to be gloomy, to be clouded (expression), to be downcast to look slightly downward (of a noh mask; indicating sadness, grief, etc.)

答える

こたえる

to answer, to reply

死ぬ

しぬ

to die, to pass away to lose spirit, to lose vigor, to look dead to cease, to stop

住む

すむ

to live (of humans), to reside, to inhabit, to dwell, to abide

座る

すわる

to sit, to squat to assume (a position) to hold steady, to hold still

立つ

たつ

to stand, to rise, to stand up to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position) to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

違う

ちがう たがう

to differ, to be different to run counter to to change (into something out of the ordinary)

作る

つくる

to make, to produce, to manufacture, to build, to construct to prepare (food), to brew (alcohol) to raise, to grow, to cultivate, to train to till to draw up (a document), to make out, to prepare, to write to create (an artistic work, etc.), to compose to coin (a phrase), to organize, to organise, to establish, to found to have (a child) to make up (ones face, etc.) to fabricate (an excuse, etc.) to form (a line, etc.) to set (a record) to commit (a sin, etc.)

着く

つく

to arrive at, to reach to sit on, to sit at (e.g. the table)

出かける

でかける

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing), to leave, to depart, to start, to set out to be about to leave, to be just going out

飛ぶ

とぶ

to fly, to soar to jump, to leap, to spring, to bound, to hop

撮る

とる

to take (a photo) to record (video, audio, etc.), to make (a film)