I Love Kanjiする (suru)
する is a Japanese verb meaning “to do; to carry out”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- する
- Romaji
- suru
- Word class
- Irregular verb する
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to do; to carry out; to perform · irregular verb (する) · usually written in kana
- to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into) · irregular verb (する) · usually written in kana
- to serve as; to act as; to work as · irregular verb (する) · usually written in kana
- to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.) · irregular verb (する) · usually written in kana
- to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as · irregular verb (する) · usually written in kana · as 〜にする,〜とする
Example sentences
「これ以上何も言うことはありません、いいわけをするのはいやですから」と彼は言った。
He said, "I will say nothing more, because I hate making excuses."
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of する
Irregular verb する. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | する | する suru |
| Polite (~masu) | します | します shimasu |
| Negative | しない | しない shinai |
| Polite negative | しません | しません shimasen |
| Past | した | した shita |
| Polite past | しました | しました shimashita |
| Negative past | しなかった | しなかった shinakatta |
| Te-form | して | して shite |
| Potential | できる | できる dekiru |
| Passive | される | される sareru |
| Causative | させる | させる saseru |
| Volitional | しよう | しよう shiyou |
| Imperative | しろ | しろ shiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | すれば | すれば sureba |
Source: JMdict entry 1157170 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.