〜やる: meaning and usage

How to form it

• person+に+noun+を+やる
• noun+に+水/えさ+を+やる

How it is used

Giving to someone younger or lower, or to animals and plants (「花に水をやる」); said of people, it sounds blunt. Today 「あげる」 is also common for pets and plants. In casual speech 「やる」 can also mean “do”.

Examples

1. 今日と明日は畑に肥料をやらなきゃなぁ。

   Today and tomorrow I have to fertilize the field.

2. 毎朝、魚にえさをやります。

   I feed the fish every morning.

3. 弟に、もう読まないまんがをやった。

   I gave my little brother some manga I don't read anymore.