やる

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
遣る
演る
殺る

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「やる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
やる
Imperative (命令形) やれ
Key constructions
Passive やられる られる
Causative やらせる らせる
Potential やれる れる
Volitional やろう
Negative やらない らない
Negative perfective やらなかった らなかった
Formal やります りま
Perfective やった った
Conjunctive やって って
Hypothetical conditional やれば

Verb

やる (yarutransitive godan (stem やり (yari), past やった (yatta))

  1. 遣る: (colloquial) to do
    Synonyms: する (suru), なす (nasu, classical, formal), なさる (nasaru, honorific)
    (なに)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()しながら v(ブイ) です
      Sā, yattemimashō. Kontorōru-kī o oshinagara bui desu
      Go ahead, try to do it. Depress the Ctrl key and v together
  2. 演る: (colloquial) to act, to perform, such as in a film or musical act
    Synonym: 演じる (enjiru)
    (しゅ)(じん)(こう)やる
    shujinkō o yaru
    to perform the main character
  3. 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)
    (はな)(みず)やる
    Hana ni mizu o yaru.
    Give the flowers some water.
  4. 遣る: to send somebody somewhere, to dispatch
    使(つか)やる
    tsukai ni yaru
    to send a person on an errand
  5. 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()
    yarinige
    fuck and chuck”; break contact after having sex
  6. 殺る: to do someone in, to kill someone
    Synonym: 殺す (korosu)
    (しっ)()()られあの(ひと)やっちゃいました
    Shitto ni karare, ano hito o yatchaimashita.
    Driven by jealousy, he killed that person.
  7. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) to row a boat
    Synonym: 漕ぐ (kogu)
  8. (colloquial, only in the indicative) to have commendable ability
    Synonym: できる (dekiru)
    やるな、(まえ)
    Yaru na, omae.
    Good stuff, lad. / Damn, bro.

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN