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やる

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word やる.

Dictionary

Entry

遣るUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #41
1

Colloquial; Transitive verb

to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study

Examples
ああ、君がやったんだね。
Aha, you did it, didn't you?
2

Transitive verb

to send; to dispatch; to despatch

Examples
彼はその少年を使いにやった
He has sent the boy on an errand.
3

Transitive verb

to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.)

Examples
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?!
4

Transitive verb

to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer

Examples
5ドルをやる
Here's $5.
サイン書いてやってもいいぞ。
I can give you an autograph if you want.
5

Transitive verb

to make (a vehicle) go faster

6

Transitive verb

to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise

Examples
全てを捨ててこのレストランをやる目的はひとつだけでした。
I had only one aim in throwing everything away to run this restaurant.
7

Transitive verb

to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke

8

Transitive verb

to hold (a performance); to perform; to show

9

Transitive verb

to ease (one's mind)

10

Colloquial; Transitive verb

to harm; to injure; to kill

Examples
無関係の人を殺るな!
Don't kill off bystanders!
11

Slang; Vulgar expression or word; Transitive verb; Oft. written as ヤる

to have sex; to fuck; to bang

12

Intransitive verb

to live; to get by; to get along

13

Suffix; After the -masu stem of a verb, often in the negative

to do ... completely

14

Suffix; After the -masu stem of a verb

to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance

15

Auxiliary verb; After the -te form of a verb; sometimes with negative nuance

to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to

16

Auxiliary verb; After the -te form of a verb

to make active efforts to ...

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake

12 strokesFrequency 664JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ケン

Kun

つか.う-つか.い-づか.いつか.わすや.る

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