Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)
Colloquialism
Usually written in kana
1. to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study
2. to send; to dispatch; to despatch
3. to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.)
4. to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer
5. to make (a vehicle) go faster
6. to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise
7. to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke
8. to hold (a performance); to perform; to show
9. to ease (one's mind)
10. to harm; to injure; to kill
11. to have sex with
Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
Usually written in kana
12. to live; to get by; to get along
Suffix
Verb (5-dan, る)
Usually written in kana
13. to do ... completely
after the -masu stem of a verb, often in the negative
14. to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance
after the -masu stem of a verb
Auxiliary verb (5-dan, る)
Usually written in kana
15. to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to
after the -te form of a verb; sometimes with negative nuance
16. to make active efforts to ...
after the -te form of a verb
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (27 in total)
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
to look towards
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
to push away; to push aside; to shove
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
to water (a plant, a flower etc.)
to gaze out at; to look out over
unable to clear away one's ill feeling; not able to do anything (about...)
to send for (doctor, etc.)
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
to gaze out at; to look out over
to push away; to push aside; to shove
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
to send a person on an errand
unable to clear away one's ill feeling; not able to do anything (about...)
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
to look towards
to send for (doctor, etc.)
to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
to send a person on an errand
to water (a plant, a flower etc.)
unable to clear away one's ill feeling; not able to do anything (about...)
unable to clear away one's ill feeling; not able to do anything (about...)
Examples (200 in total)
Did you have to do it?
I've already done it.
I did what I could.