My words

見る

みる

to see, to look, to watch, to view, to observe, to look over, to look on, to assess, to examine, to judge, to look after, to keep an eye on, to take care of, to view (e.g. flowers, movie), to try, to try out, to see that..., to find that...

寝る

ねる

to lie down, to go to bed, to lie in bed, to sleep (lying down), to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse), to lie idle

起きる

おきる

to get up, to rise, to wake up, to be awake, to stay awake, to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents), to happen, to take place

考える

かんがえる

to think about, to take into consideration, to ponder, to reflect, to try to come at a conclusion, to think over (something), to intend, to decide (to do), to plan, to come up with, to devise, to scheme, to predict, to anticipate, to expect, to suspect, to doubt, to consider (somebody to be something), to look on

教える

おしえる

to teach, to inform, to instruct

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

入る

いる

to get in, to go in, to come in, to flow into, to set, to set in

要る

いる

to need, to want

着る

きる

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

話す

はなす

to talk to speak to converse to chat to tell to explain to narrate to mention to describe to discuss to speak (a language)

聞く

きく

to hear, to listen (e.g. to music), to ask, to enquire, to query, to learn of, to hear about, to follow (advice), to comply with, to smell (esp. incense), to sample fragrance

泳ぐ

およぐ

to swim

遊ぶ

あそぶ あすぶ

to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.), to be idle, to do nothing, to be unused, to go to (for pleasure or for study), to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batters concentration, to enjoy oneself, to play, to have a good time

待つ

まつ

to wait, to await, to look forward to, to anticipate, to depend on, to need

飲む

のむ

to drink, to gulp, to swallow, to take (medicine), to smoke (tobacco), to engulf, to overwhelm, to keep down, to suppress, to accept (e.g. demand, condition), to make light of, to conceal

買う

かう

to buy, to purchase, to value, to have a high opinion, to stir, to provoke

歩く

あるく

to walk

死ぬ

しぬ

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

来る

くる

to come (spatially or temporally), to approach, to arrive, to come back, to do ... and come back, to come to be, to become, to get, to grow, to continue, to come from, to be caused by, to derive from, to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")

お金

おかね

money

猫

ねこま

cat

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

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

喋る

しゃべる

to talk, to chat, to chatter

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

走る

はしる

to run, to travel (movement of vehicles), to drive, to hurry to, to retreat (from battle), to take flight, to run away from home, to elope, to tend heavily toward

減る

へる

to decrease (in size or number), to diminish, to abate

焦る

あせる

to be in a hurry, to be impatient, to be flustered, to lose ones presence of mind, to be surprised

蹴る

ける

to kick, to refuse, to reject

捨てる

すてる

to throw away, to cast away, to dump, to discard, to abandon, to desert, to leave, to give up, to resign