JLPT N5 Verbs | KanjiDraw

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あるto be; to exist (of things)

なるto become

できるto be able to do; to be possible

いうto say; to utter

みるto see; to look

もつto hold (in one's hand); to take

わかるto understand; to comprehend

つかうto use (a tool, method, etc.)

でるto leave; to exit

つくるto make; to produce

やるto do; to undertake

しるto know; to be aware (of)

はいるto enter; to come in

いくto go; to move (towards)

きくto hear; to listen (e.g. to music)

かくto write; to compose

くるto come (spatially or temporally)

ちがうto differ (from)

だすto take out; to get out

いれるto put in; to let in

よむto read; to recite (e.g. a sutra)

よぶto call out (to); to call

たべるto eat; to live on (e.g. a salary)

かかるto take (a resource, e.g. time or money)

つけるto attach; to join

おしえるto teach; to instruct

かけるto hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall)

とるto take; to pick up

のむto drink; to swallow

おくto put; to place

かうto buy; to purchase

はたらくto work; to labor

うまれるto be born

はじまるto begin; to start

あるくto walk

ひらくto open

かえるto return; to come home

のるto get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.)

おぼえるto memorize

はしるto run; to run (of a vehicle)

わすれるto forget; to leave carelessly

たつto stand (up); to rise

すむto live (of humans); to reside

おきるto get up; to rise

はなすto talk; to speak

まつto wait; to await

しぬto die; to pass away

みせるto show; to display

あうto meet; to encounter

あげるto raise; to elevate

こたえるto answer; to reply

とまるto stop (moving); to come to a stop

こまるto be troubled

きるto cut; to cut through

うるto sell; to betray

おすto push; to thrust

ひくto pull; to tug

べんきょうするto study

ねるto sleep (lying down); to go to bed

わたるto cross over; to go across

いるto be (animate); to be

かりるto borrow

あそぶto play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself

あけるto open (a door, etc.)

とるto take (a photograph)

ならぶto line up; to stand in a line

はなしするto talk

きえるto disappear; to vanish

のぼるto ascend; to go up

いみするto mean

きるto wear (from the shoulders down)

けっこんするto marry

すわるto sit (down); to have a seat

わたすto ferry across (e.g. a river)

うたうto sing

おりるto descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down

でかけるto go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing)

とぶto fly; to soar

つくto arrive at; to reach

たのむto request; to beg

つかれるto get tired

かえすto return (something); to restore

あらうto wash; to cleanse

しつもんするto question

やすむto be absent; to take a day off

すうto breathe in; to inhale

ふるto fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.)

けすto erase; to rub out

かすto lend; to loan

ならべるto line up; to set up

みがくto polish; to shine

ふくto blow (of the wind)

れんしゅうするto practice

つとめるto work (for)

ならうto take lessons in; to be taught

ひくto play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

はくto put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear)

でんわするto phone

いるto be needed; to be necessary

およぐto swim

はれるto clear up; to clear away

コピーする

こぴーするto copy

しまるto be shut

なくすto lose (something); to get rid of

しめるto close; to shut

ぬぐto take off (clothes, shoes, etc.)

なくto make sound (of an animal); to call

しごとするto work

しめるto tie; to fasten

さすto shine; to be visible

マッチする

まっちするto match; to suit

そうじするto clean

りょこうするto travel

さんぽするto take a walk

くもるto get cloudy

テストする

てすとするto test

Practice modes

Flashcards — flip through the set's words and recall their meanings and readings — a quick way to learn and review.
Quiz — pick the right answer from choices against the clock — a check of how confidently you recognise each word.
Test — a written quiz with a score at the end — to consolidate what you've learned and spot weak points.
Letris — word tiles drop into a grid, Tetris-style: match each word with its meaning before the grid fills up.

See also

JLPT N5 Kanji →JLPT N4 Verbs →Group 1 Verbs — Godan (う-verbs) →Group 2 Verbs — Ichidan (る-verbs) →