やる

遣 る

Common word

  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, transitive verb

    to do, to undertake, to perform, to play (a game), to study
    word usually written using kana alone
    colloquial

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

  2. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, transitive verb

    to send, to dispatch, to despatch
    word usually written using kana alone

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

  3. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, transitive verb

    to put, to move, to turn (one's head, glance, etc.)
    word usually written using kana alone

    • 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. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, transitive verb

    to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status), to let have, to present, to bestow, to confer
    word usually written using kana alone

    • 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. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, transitive verb

    to make (a vehicle) go faster
    word usually written using kana alone

  6. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, transitive verb

    to run (a business), to keep, to be engaged in, to practice (law, medicine, etc.), to practise
    word usually written using kana alone

    • 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. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, transitive verb

    to have (food, drink, etc.), to eat, to drink, to smoke
    word usually written using kana alone

  8. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, transitive verb

    to hold (a performance), to perform, to show
    word usually written using kana alone

  9. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, transitive verb

    to ease (one's mind)
    word usually written using kana alone

  10. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, transitive verb

    to harm, to injure, to kill
    colloquial
    word usually written using kana alone

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

  11. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, transitive verb

    to have sex, to fuck, to bang
    oft. written as ヤる
    word usually written using kana alone
    slang
    vulgar expression or word

  12. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

    to live, to get by, to get along
    word usually written using kana alone

  13. suffix, Godan verb with 'ru' ending

    to do ... completely
    after the -masu stem of a verb, often in the negative
    word usually written using kana alone

  14. suffix, Godan verb with 'ru' ending

    to do ... broadly, to do ... to a great distance
    after the -masu stem of a verb
    word usually written using kana alone

  15. auxiliary verb, Godan verb with 'ru' ending

    to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status), to do ... to
    after the -te form of a verb; sometimes with negative nuance
    word usually written using kana alone

  16. auxiliary verb, Godan verb with 'ru' ending

    to make active efforts to ...
    after the -te form of a verb
    word usually written using kana alone