JLPT N2 · Verb

為す (nasu)

為す (なす, nasu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to do; to commit”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
なす
Romaji
nasu
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to do; to commit; to carry out; to bring about · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana

Example sentences

仮にも為す価値があるものならば何でも良く為す価値がある。
Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.

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

Conjugation of 為す

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary為すなす nasu
Polite (~masu)為しますなします nashimasu
Negative為さないなさない nasanai
Polite negative為しませんなしません nashimasen
Past為したなした nashita
Polite past為しましたなしました nashimashita
Negative past為さなかったなさなかった nasanakatta
Te-form為してなして nashite
Potential為せるなせる naseru
Passive為されるなされる nasareru
Causative為させるなさせる nasaseru
Volitional為そうなそう nasou
Imperative為せなせ nase
Conditional (~ba)為せばなせば naseba

Kanji in 為す

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 為す.

Source: JMdict entry 2861111 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.