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Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「やる」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
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Stem forms
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Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形)
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やる
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やる
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Imperative (命令形)
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やれ
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やれ
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Key constructions
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Passive
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やられる
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やられる
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Causative
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やらせる
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やらせる
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Potential
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やれる
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やれる
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Volitional
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やろう
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やろー
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Negative
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やらない
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やらない
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Negative perfective
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やらなかった
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やらなかった
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Formal
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やります
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やります
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Perfective
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やった
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やった
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Conjunctive
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やって
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やって
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Hypothetical conditional
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やれば
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やれば
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Verb
やる • (yaru) transitive godan (stem やり (yari), past やった (yatta))
- 遣る: (colloquial) to do
- Synonyms: する (suru), なす (nasu, classical, formal), なさる (nasaru, honorific)
- 何かやることがあるの?
- Nanika yaru koto ga aru no?
- Do you have anything to do?
2015 March 9, “Tutorial 1”, in catch.jp-wiki Emacs tutorial:
- さあ、やってみましょう。コントロールキーを押しながら v です
- Sā, yattemimashō. Kontorōru-kī o oshinagara bui desu
- Go ahead, try to do it. Depress the Ctrl key and v together
- 演る: (colloquial) to act, to perform, such as in a film or musical act
- Synonym: 演じる (enjiru)
- 主人公をやる
- shujinkō o yaru
- to perform the main character
- 遣る: to give (to a non-human or someone inferior)
- Synonyms: 上げる (ageru, to an equal), 差し上げる (sashiageru, to a superior)
- 花に水をやる。
- Hana ni mizu o yaru.
- Give the flowers some water.
- 遣る: to send somebody somewhere, to dispatch
- 使いにやる
- tsukai ni yaru
- to send a person on an errand
- 遣る, 犯る: to have sex, to fuck, to bang (compare English do, as in "do someone" or "do it")
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:性交する
- やり逃げ
- yarinige
- “fuck and chuck”; break contact after having sex
- 殺る: to do someone in, to kill someone
- Synonym: 殺す (korosu)
- 嫉妬に駆られ、あの人をやっちゃいました。
- Shitto ni karare, ano hito o yatchaimashita.
- Driven by jealousy, he killed that person.
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) to row a boat
- Synonym: 漕ぐ (kogu)
- (colloquial, only in the indicative) to have commendable ability
- Synonym: できる (dekiru)
- やるな、お前。
- Yaru na, omae.
- Good stuff, lad. / Damn, bro.
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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やら
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yara
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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やり
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yari
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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やる
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yaru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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やる
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yaru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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やれ
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yare
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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やれ
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yare
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Key constructions
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Passive
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やられる
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yarareru
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Causative
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やらせる やらす
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yaraseru yarasu
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Potential
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やれる
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yareru
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Volitional
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やろう
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yarō
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Negative
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やらない
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yaranai
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Negative continuative
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やらず
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yarazu
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Formal
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やります
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yarimasu
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Perfective
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やった
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yatta
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Conjunctive
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やって
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yatte
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Hypothetical conditional
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やれば
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yareba
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Derived terms
References