やる

Usually written in kana. Kanji spelling 遣る

to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game)

JLPT N5 Genki L21 Also written 行る

Meanings

  1. Godan verb (-ru), Transitive

    to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to studyColloquial
  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
All 16 meanings
  1. to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise
  2. to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke
  3. to hold (a performance); to perform; to show
  4. to ease (one's mind)
  5. to harm; to injure; to killColloquial
  6. to have sex; to fuck; to bangSlangVulgar
  7. Godan verb (-ru), Intransitive

    to live; to get by; to get along
  8. Suffix, Godan verb (-ru)

    to do ... completely
  9. to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance
  10. Auxiliary verb, Godan verb (-ru)

    to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to
  11. to make active efforts to ...

Forms

PlainPolite
Presentやるやります
Negativeやらないやりません
Pastやったやりました
Past negativeやらなかったやりませんでした
Te-formやって
Potentialやれる
Passiveやられる
Causativeやらせる
Volitionalやろう
Imperativeやれ
Conditional (ば)やれば
Conditional (たら)やったら

Example sentences

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