100 Verbs Every Japanese Beginner Must-Know

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[@raindropfox]

2:14 what I'm gonna be doing after my exam 😎

[@Spike1810]

😂I am crying of laughter right now

[@heatherxo4374]

HAHA

[@yoyoman_blue6485]

NAKU

[@raindropfox]

@Jake B Good luck, take it easy!

[@gdhjs1159]

Bahahahaha

[@sakaehiraga6887]

I think you should've add examples to each verbs, because Japanese is full of nuances and most of the verbs would change in an everyday life-conversation.

[@asahel980]

its a Beginner, putting an example would confuse a first learner , one step at a time.

[@storzbickel4328]

it would be to confusing for beginners learning these words for the first time to show the changes. you learn those changes eventually. one step at a time.

[@chikipichi5280]

Eh once you learn verb conjugation you should be able to do it in your head

[@privaterizk4936]

They did. But in other lessons.

[@cookingflies4218]

They should probably learn that on their own

[@vuph2559]

man this is wat it take to watch anime without subtitles

[@maymelody]

yep i wish i knew Japanese so i dont have to read the subtitles

[@lokeshyadav819]

I am learning japnese for Anime only 🤘🤘

[@LEAHF4R]

aren't we all

[@SewSewClassic]

Vuph 2 I understand quite a lot, but I still use subtitles. Not knowing one word, or grammar structure can lead not not or miss understand a sentence

[@theyoungdisciple2925]

@@lokeshyadav819 i'm learning for japanese literature Edit: i meant good japanese books (not manga)

[@al-fp4qm]

although many people use 好きas a verb its actually a "na" adjective. you can use it both ways for example "suki na sushi" and "sushi ga suki desu".just letting you know

[@liricz813]

suki na sushi would be i liked the sushi ? and the other would be i like sushi

[@UzumakiHarutoJP]

@@liricz813 i think it would be more like "sushi is enjoyable [to me]" or literally "sushi is likeable"

[@Zolodar]

First of all - thanks a lot for the pretty nice list of verbs. I think the selection is pretty nice overall, aside from a few words that I personally use extremely rarely and therefore wouldn't consider for a "top 100 must-know list". Unfortunately a lot of those words depend a lot on the context or are just not the most commonly used ways of saying something in Japanese... I'm a little sad about that, since I'm trying to brush up on my Japanese - I know quite a lot already, but I'm very rusty. But if I were to start learning all these words as a beginner, maybe not knowing anything about kanji etc at all, I would be pretty disappointed to learn how many important little details were omitted in this video, that could have so easily been added. Also the ê, ô and û in the video are not rendered properly, so a lot of the words have "broken" romanization. Just a few examples that I consider "fishy" to teach someone without any further context: to call - denwa suru - 電話する => 電話 denwa is the phone, so therefore this Japanese word can only be used in the context of calling somebody on the phone. Not suitable to express something like "Don't call me an idiot, that's rude!" or "The fastest train in Japan is called Shinkansen." The least you should have done with this verb is to present it as: to call (on the phone) - denwa suru - 電話する Then it would have been totally fine. to cook - ryouri wo tsukuru - 料理を作る => While being a correct way of translating "to cook" into Japanese, I'm pretty sure that this is only rarely used in this form by Japanese people. Japanese people tend to use the much simpler form 料理する (ryouri suru) to exercise - ウエイトトレーニング => This was one of the most obviously flawed candidates on this list of verbs... First of all, the Japanese word ウエイトトレーニング is just a noun, so it would need to be ウエイトトレーニングする to become a proper verb that would mean "to exercise". And aside from that the Japanese translation (obviously) specifically means to exercise as in "to do weight training" and therefore can't be used to express any other form of exercising. You can't use this to say "I've done some cardio exercises on the treadmill for 30 minutes" or "I've done some Japanese exercises to brush up my grammar." A more generic Japanese translation would be: to physically exercise / work out - undô suru - 運動する Note: I'm not sure how common this word is, it appears as a common word in various online dictionaries though. to exist - iru - いる => いる is specifically used for animate objects. For inanimate objects it's ある. This may sound like a stupid little nuance at first, but as those words are used EXTREMELY frequently in Japanese, people should learn the difference right away. In Japanese ある and いる are very frequently used as "to be" and therefore you need to use the proper "version" according to the object you're using: 動物園に猿がいる。- Dôbutsuen ni saru ga iru. - There are monkeys at the zoo. (must not use ある in this context, since monkeys are living beings) 川に石がある。 - Kawa ni ishi ga aru. - There are stones in the river. (must not use いる in this context, since a stone is an inanimate object) to like - suki - 好き => 好き is the -な adjective form and therefore not a verb. The proper verb in it's dictionary form would be 好く. Since the word itself is most of the time used as an adjective 好き this should at least be pointed out. Unlike every proper Japanese verb, for adjectives like that you would have to add です after the adjective in a polite conversation: 犬が好きです。 - Inu ga suki desu. - I like dogs. to live - sumu - 住む => The Japanese word 住む means "to live (at a place)" as in "to reside". You can't use this (住む) to say "My grand-grandfather lived in the 19th century." for that kind of meaning you'd need 生きる - ikiru. to need - hitsuyou - 必要 => This again is a noun, not a verb. The correct form as a verb would be 必要がある - hitsuyô ga aru. to pick up - denwa ni deru - 電話に出る => Just like the example with "to call", this is again specifically in the context of a phone call, as 電話 means phone. You can't use this Japanese verb in any other context like that. You can't use it to say "Can you pick me up at the station?" or "Can you please pick up your clothes from the floor?". to want - hoshii - 欲しい => Probably the 2nd worst word on this list after "weight training"... 欲しい is a very important word in Japanese to express desire, but it's again not a verb. It's an -い adjective and therefore needs to be treated as such. Just like with 好き (suki) you need to add です after the adjective in a polite conversation. What makes this example even worse IMHO is, that 欲しい, while being important and frequently used in native Japanese, it's still not used commonly for most instances where "want" appears in English. Most occurrences of "want" in English are properly translated to Japanese by using the -たい form of the sentence's verb. While you can technically say: リンゴが欲しいです。- Ringo ga hoshii desu. - I want an apple. Japanese people would MUCH rather use a structure like: リンゴを食べたいです。 - Ringo wo tabetai desu. - I want to eat an apple. Or in case you (first) need to buy the apple before you're allowed to eat it: リンゴ１つください。 - Ringo hitotsu kudasai. - Please give me an apple. That's 9 out of 101 words which in my opinion desperately needed some more context. I can only hope that I could cover it all - it would be rather depressing to learn later on that the rest of the verbs were similarly lacking crucial context. Hope this is helpful to some people out there. Always take learning material with a grain of salt - my comment most certainly included.

[@keerthery7756]

Thank you so so much for this comment, I'm new to Japanese so I am naïve to these subtle but crucial differences and context.

[@Zolodar]

@@keerthery7756 I'm glad some people find it helpful :-) That means I didn't waste all my time writing the comment.

[@erinschmidt8633]

Thank you so much for taking the time to write it down! It is super helpfull for me.

[@LutesDice]

This needs to be pinned

[@sadkritx6200]

This is so helpful and awesome. Many of these I didn't know before. I wish this was the pinned comment but sadly I don't think it will be.

[@ArveEriksson]

Some (English) letters don't seem to be rendered. Mostly the lengthened syllables - benky[ou]-suru, for example.

[@toffeekun1717]

Right? They don't even double check before uploading this video.

[@ginsan8198]

Many of them actually.

[@toffeekun1717]

wow, i was really being a karen a year ago...

[@DylanKing-xe4yl]

People should be aware that although this does make a decent representation of the most important verbs, there are also a few in there that are very rarely used, plus there are a lot of non-verbs in there (noun+suru, adjectives, sentences with wo) , and a lot of the English translations are technically correct but will likely be interpreted to have a different meaning than they actually do. So take this list more as a general guide and don't just blindly take it over!

[@marcello7781]

Thanks a lot! I really needed those verbs 😊

[@t1aoDC]

I freking LOVE these vids! So glad i found this channel.

[@cherielullet1955]

Very helpful thank you!

[@JustAGuyProduction]

It's always a good day with a new Risa video.

[@saekka8537]

Good video, very useful stuff. I'd be interested to see more videos about verbs.

[@jethrodeluna2569]

I remember Risa San is my sensei learning Hiragana and Katakana .. i really like Her a lot i hope someday i can meet her here in japan💓

[@obamascock2169]

I like taking the verbs and conjugating them into the formal and informal versions. Then I make example sentences to help remember them. Just a tip for people like me who are learning.

[@benflood1077]

Tip to learn faster: Don't procrastinate

[@ame-kc1si]

....thanks

[@pathmaram]

thankyou

[@Animetor]

too bad

[@M0nchis]

tip to learn faster: Make it enjoyable is more easy to procrastinate when you don't enjoy the learning process.

[@globalindojin-3457]

Big fan of JapanesePod101 :) Verbs are in fact so important in Nihongo! Otsukare Sama Deshita.

[@mdarshadibrahim8699]

I like how the Japanese for exercise is literally 'weight training'

[@shion3948]

It's actually undou suru for any kind of exercise, weight training is for weight training

[@user-xj6qw1tq8e]

@@shion3948 Absolutely correct

[@alois_hitler]

Learning this with Risa would have been Lovely....miss u Risa

[@lifestream85]

2:45 it says 描く kaku , but the pronunciation says 絵描く as ekaku

[@notspiderman4158]

E Kaku 絵描くmeans draw pictures if I not mistaken, there's also a different way to write Kaku, 書くthat means write.

[@sakaehiraga6887]

かくは違うと思います。例えば:　私は絵を描(えが)きます。

[@sesshi6908]

Yea i was expecting to see 書く as well.

[@lumazzzz9296]

Both kaku and egaku are correct and mean draw, only if written like this 描く.

[@Dannoranejiku]

to draw"描く"can be read as "kaku" or "egaku" (NOT ekaku) . I'm Japanese so I know well, believe me:)

[@AnimeSevgisi-gq3pu]

Thanks for this useful video it helped a lot❤

[@shinchan1912]

Hi... Your video is really helpful

[@Sirenhound]

It would have been better if you specified which ones were transitive and intransive.

[@strawberridoll]

wym?

[@kaiyae9705]

@@strawberridoll I was gonna try and explain it to you but it would sound really dumb and confusing if i tried BUT if you download the Tae Kim app for learning japanese, there’s a chapter on transitive and intransitive verbs :D

[@shion3948]

@@strawberridoll which one uses the wo particle and which one uses the Ga particle. For example Mado ga aku the window opens Mado wo akeru (I) open the window

[@shinobimanexe]

Im glad that I know alot of these!

[@juanmora2608]

This is amazing for begginers, thank you

[@marvickdelossantos702]

I love your videos and I am really using it for studying Japanese . But, I am puzzled about the word 'hitsuyou' and end up 'google-ing' it since I can't find a comment about it. --'hitsuyou' is a noun for need or something necessary. And to make it a verb, you can use "hitsuyou ga aru." I felt the need to comment this for people who relies on your videos as medium like me. Hope this helps. 😇

[@oscarbaez2098]

This is practice a loud. Thank you

[@sharminkhanomsmrity1978]

risa makes learning fun

[@Fatima-gd8ye]

Yeah 🌸🌸

[@deanytstream6303]

Doesn't feel the same without risa

[@Turkiye_long-live1]

Thanks fpr the lesson

[@QuandaleDoggy]

I love this video

[@grunt117]

Exercise - 運動する うんどうする

[@acidicacid6328]

Roman Avila ありがとう

[@zerofox8756]

Yeah, that's what I said when I first saw "exercise."

[@kretzschi5000]

about 97 hoshii is not a verb its like an adjective you can use it together with something to declare it as wanted like "amaimono ga hoshii" i want some candy" literally candy is wanted. otherwise you express that you want to do something through verb conjugation for example you want to eat, eat means taberu and you want to eat means tabetai or go; iku- ikitai and so on.

[@rengga7021]

I'm indonesian and still learn japanese for studying to Japan.. Ganbare ore!!

[@_yuri]

good luck i failed college but still want to learn

[@archita5657]

Learning is fun.....You don't have to go through a syllabus, take tests...etc... It's good studying on your own way...Learn whatever you like to learn, take as much time as you need...no boundaries..no restrictions....

[@rengga7021]

Yeah mate! there is no word "late" for learning. and 'Today is yesterday,Tomorrow is today' what we see in ourselves today is might be because of most our choices in the past. keep spirit to both of you guys!

[@DamnControl5]

6:35 外す does not mean "to miss". It means "to remove".

[@txtay0296]

ありがとうございました。私は日本語を習うそして、APテストを勉強します。ビフィーの良いです！

[@Blueberry-zk3ib]

I wish if u put some sentences with the verb ❤️

[@PercyTaira]

Thanks.

[@SastaGranny]

0:10 video starts

[@akira5946]

You'll notice that majority of verbs I think mostly end with U sound then you chamge it to I when you add masu or desu Asobu(Play) become's Asobimasu

[@escapefelicity2913]

make the writing bigger

[@sesshi6908]

I know i seen repeats lol. Please help with serve 出す、never heard this usage with 出す。and some of the sounds were not captioned all the way. Missing romaji, i only say this because i have already been studying for months, but others who are fresh may be confused by missing sounds if they arent used to listening. I am in no questioning your knowledge and thank you for this great video.

[@hallaf3140]

ありがとうございます

[@sharminkhanomsmrity1978]

Honestly, I feel now bored because RISA IS NOT HERE

[@user-jf9yr6hh7u]

Sharmin Khanom Smrity IKR RISA IS OUR QUEEN

[@arandomlanguagenerd1869]

She reads a few of them

[@neverever7233]

I am a fan of Alisha.

[@Aethelhadas]

@@neverever7233 Awe thankss

[@donaji]

Clearly it's Clickbait T.T

[@lonnyarmijos8047]

Do (suru), eat (taberu), go (iku), learn (narau), live, love (aisuru), make (tsukuru), see (niru), watch (miruu), say (iu), speak-talk(hanasu), want (hoshii)

[@LanguageLover]

Some words (a seventh of them maybe?) are missing letters.

[@DamnControl5]

6:43 必要 is a noun meaning "necessary".

[@victortriump1563]

These are all the base forms I wish the added progressive and simple past form

[@DamnControl5]

Dictionary form to be specific.

[@SiberianSoldier]

A LOT of these are needlessly complicated, because the verbs don't exactly translate well as depicted here. Shitsumon suro means 'Question', whereas 'Kiku' means 'ask'. Also "Furo" means "Bath" whereas Furonihairu means "Take a bath". Are both translations correct?

[@cardona9448]

they're japanese, are you questioning them?

[@slavaivanova496]

@@cardona9448 Sounds like someone is trying to start drama. How about you lay off of him?

[@SiberianSoldier]

@@slavaivanova496 Because he's a troll. They're of no importance, as most trolls aren't. Thank you for your show of support, however!

[@charmer2094]

0:10 start agian

[@kretzschi5000]

73 is wrong!!!! dasu does mean take out/put out but not serve, serve means tsukaeru and has a different kanji maybe dasu refers to serving a meal and you literally take it out to the customer, (okyakusama ni dasu) you can say it in that consense but in general you can not use dasu for serve also the word "call" be careful in this case its only the phonecall cause it literally says "do the phone" if you call someone you say yonderu

[@Idanuboy]

shit summon suru!

[@orderingfoodwgoogledoxesu3113]

Seriously? 3:34 you're telling me there's no word in japan for exercise?

[@jordangarcia91]

lol asked the same thing

[@ayyapannair40]

Assiatant alisa🤝

[@stodomingorannieelijah4216]

Can I request how to use punctuations in japanese writing Thankyou

[@utkarshswaroopshrivastava4088]

2:44 personal bookmark

[@orderingfoodwgoogledoxesu3113]

It seems lik many of these are a noun/adj followed by "suru"

[@namless3654]

Exercise in general is 運動する　うんどうする

[@georginachristensen7308]

Some of the romaji letters are missing for a number of the verbs. The verb "miss" is it as in to miss the bus or to miss someone who has gone. Also, some of the verbs given do not end in 'u' but are not attatched to a verb such as o suru, so i dont know how to use them

[@_konodioda_its_me_dio]

0:49 I was expecting 'DATTEBAYO' 😆😅

[@HomoIndoeuropaeophilus9766]

What's the difference between 助ける and 手伝う? Speaking of that: このリスト役に立ちますね。👍👍👍👍

[@jgestenson]

助ける is like to save someone or help them in that kind of way, while 手伝う is to help with something like cleaning their room

[@HomoIndoeuropaeophilus9766]

@@jgestenson 早く答えてくれてありがとうございます。

[@shion3948]

命を助ける 宿題を手伝う

[@HomoIndoeuropaeophilus9766]

@@shion3948 しおんさん、どうもありがとう。

[@shion3948]

@@HomoIndoeuropaeophilus9766 3年前のコメントなのに、しっかり返事してくれてすごいな。 It's amazing that you reply even after 3 years

[@VideoPine]

This is not Essential, and you should put opposites next to each other like akeru- shimeru. And where is iku, kuru, taberu, nomu, ageru, those are essential! They should be the first things you learn.

[@Aprill264]

Dang, 100 verbs? I am learning for about a month now and I only know です and ます

[@sohicomi24]

uhm, those you talked about are not verbs.

[@Aprill264]

@@sohicomi24 though I am not 100% sure about ます, I am sure です is a verb

[@Aprill264]

Gabriel Eduardo Farias Medeiros nope, です is a verb, look it up

[@megastickmanbob]

Its a copula

[@lokeshyadav819]

@UrLife thanks a lot 👍

[@ddcll9538]

thank you for using Risa hime sama in the thumbnail to motivate me to engage in this video.

[@oye6124]

Who

[@sesshi6908]

Did i see 聞く twice?

[@accbcell]

6:44 mistake in romanji spelling. “Need” is “hitsuyou”, not “hitsuy”.

[@Nekodnekod]

some is not really accurate needs a example for each word atleast

[@nathandrake3387]

Her: come Me: OwO

[@phoenixwing2]

there is one most used word you forgot : To need

[@Naomi-zv6ur]

Damn, I've only memorized since the first 7 minutes... it's gonna take a while i guess 😅. Good luck everyoneeee, it's worth it!

[@NicheXCC]

Are all this the dictionary forms or are there also other particle forms mixed in the video?

[@KJKP]

Doomo arigatoo.

[@Knowledgepedie]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@rafaelkronck4987]

There really are some minor mistakes in the video, some of the worst weren't verbs (one or two of them)and instead of giving every meaning of the same word at once, they made words like 話す and 見る appear multiple times, just to explain other meanings.

[@naderkhalag3855]

tokyo no honi sundero hito kokoni imaska?

[@dixcreative]

Could the text be any smaller ?

[@luciferscage3069]

Don’t mind me just marking where I left off 7:09 12:01

[@poongothaimahesh7811]

this is wrong for cut you have given kiru, kiru means a long piece of wood or metal on the bottom of a boat that stops it falling over sideways in the water.

[@Whimsy_muse]

You guys should have taught it in both formal and informal Japanese

[@amjad_siong]

So, most of the verb have suru or ru at the last sound..

[@namless3654]

There's a few weird things in this video. For the most part though its good

[@UzumakiHarutoJP]

did they really use someone with an ishikawa dialect for the speech examples

[@abcdefghijkllmnopqrst]

好き it's not a verb, it's an adjective

[@isp6861]

That's right. 好む is a verb.

[@TimD.Morand]

Why is "to enter" listed, but not "to exit"? (Or is "to exit" the same as "to leave"?) Arigato gozaimas!

[@matanlurie2222]

Tim D. Morand It’s the same verb. In fact, I would say “to exit” is the primary definition of 出る

[@Roboute-Guilliman]

I need some japanese. I wanna move to japan

[@_yuri]

don't be cringe bro.

[@werayutsapso2764]

สวัสดีครับ

[@WilliMel]

Risa looks so pretty in the thumbnail!

[@user-zd3jz5pi6i]

1:39 How do you pronounce it? The letters are missing.

[@madhumitakhan3189]

It is pronounced - souji suru. そうじする

[@charmer2094]

0:10 again.

[@juanmora2608]

00:11

[@user-qo1bt8mk5w]

1:23

[@ginsan8198]

What happened to the typos?

[@ch4d.O_o]

The kanji is too hard to write and memorize. Can I write it as hiragana for the meantime im just a beginner.

[@nonamesoyouwontsearchitupi372]

tip to remember these: write all these and memorize

[@user-zl5cv6vw2m]

Or just chuck them into your anki deck lol

[@KennyDaBlack]

I came here to Learn Ora Ora Ora Ora Ora

[@Max-wg4yd]

wheres risa

[@andrejbalaz3381]

Why shiharau is to pay. Isnt it just harau?

[@nki7258]

either is ok

[@sesshi6908]

I wondered the same lol

[@miomio8776]

Risa chan is so cute

[@saekka8537]

Isn't the kanji of 'watch' (#98) incorrect? Shouldn't it be 観る instead of 見る?

[@sesshi6908]

They both mean to watch or look but i have yet to investigate the difference, i have a txt buddy who uses 観る instead of 見る

[@saekka8537]

@@sesshi6908 見る is used when you see/observe something, like a building or a tree for example. 観る is used when you watch something, like a movie for example. At least that's what I was taught by other Japanese.

[@sesshi6908]

@@saekka8537 hmm intresting, my books never use this, only 見る。even when sentence building. Even with watching a movie. I think my friend uses Tae kim study material if that helps or makes any sense.

[@highlander8115]

クリクベート

[@Love2Banime]

Are these the most commonly used verbs?

[@Fatima-gd8ye]

I think that because I always find these verbs when I study Japanese 👀