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JLPT N5 Vocabulary — Verbs flashcards

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Eighty verbs commonly listed for N5, each marked u-verb, ru-verb or irregular (する, くる and the everyday する-nouns), with the particle it takes and one simple example sentence in kana.

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いく (行く) (v., u-verb)
あしたとうきょうへ いきます。

to go [0]

I'm going to Tokyo tomorrow.

Watch out: The て-form is いって, an exception among く-verbs.
Movement & Travel
くる (来る) (v., irregular)
ともだちがうちに きます。

to come [1]

A friend is coming to my house.

Watch out: The stem changes: きます, こない, きて.
Movement & Travel
おきる (起きる) (v., ru-verb)
あかちゃんがないて、よるさんかい おきました。

to get up; to wake up [2]

The baby cried, and I woke up three times in the night.
Daily Routine & Home
ねる (寝る) (v., ru-verb)
ゆうべはじゅういちじに ねました。

to go to bed; to sleep [0]

Last night I went to bed at eleven.
Daily Routine & Home
よむ (読む) (v., u-verb)
ひるごはんのあとでざっしを よみました。

to read [1]

After lunch, I read a magazine.
Study & Communication
かく (書く) (v., u-verb)
あたらしいことばをノートに かいて ください。

to write [1]

Please write the new words in your notebook.
Study & Communication
かう (買う) (v., u-verb)
スーパーでやさいを かいました。

to buy [0]

I bought vegetables at the supermarket.
Giving · Lending & Shopping
つかう (使う) (v., u-verb)
このコンピューターを つかってもいいですか。

to use [0]

May I use this computer?
Handling Things
ある (v., u-verb)
れいぞうこにきのうのカレーがまだ あります。

to exist; there is (things); to have

There's still some of yesterday's curry in the fridge.

Watch out: The plain negative is ない, not あらない.
Existence · Weather & Change
する (v., irregular)
まいばんしゅくだいを します。

to do

I do my homework every night.

Watch out: The stem changes: します, しない, して.
する-verbs

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Word selection follows vocabulary commonly listed for JLPT N5 (no official list exists since 2010); meanings and verb groups checked against JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Reference only; all example sentences are original.
Pitch-accent positions checked against the Kanjium accent data (CC BY-SA 4.0); reference only.

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