JLPT N5 · Verb

やる (yaru)

やる is a Japanese verb meaning “to do; to undertake”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: やる
Romaji: yaru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana, colloquial
to send; to dispatch; to despatch · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.) · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
to make (a vehicle) go faster · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana

Example sentences

ああ、君がやったんだね。

Aha, you did it, didn't you?

Tatoeba #234748

彼はその少年を使いにやった。

He has sent the boy on an errand.

Tatoeba #112646

俺のマイナスドライバーどこにやった！！

Where've you stuck my flat-head screwdriver?!

Tatoeba #74927

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of やる

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	やる	やる yaru
Polite (~masu)	やります	やります yarimasu
Negative	やらない	やらない yaranai
Polite negative	やりません	やりません yarimasen
Past	やった	やった yatta
Polite past	やりました	やりました yarimashita
Negative past	やらなかった	やらなかった yaranakatta
Te-form	やって	やって yatte
Potential	やれる	やれる yareru
Passive	やられる	やられる yarareru
Causative	やらせる	やらせる yaraseru
Volitional	やろう	やろう yarou
Imperative	やれ	やれ yare
Conditional (~ba)	やれば	やれば yareba

Source: JMdict entry 1012980 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.