JLPT N5 vocabulary

為る: meaning, reading and conjugation

Reading and pitch accent

する0Heiban · flat

Irregular verb (suru)

Meaning

  1. to do, to carry out, to perform
  2. to cause to become, to make (into), to turn (into)
  3. to serve as, to act as, to work as
  4. to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
  5. to judge as being, to view as being, to think of as, to treat as, to use as
  6. to decide on, to choose
  7. to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
  8. to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
  9. to be worth, to cost
  10. to pass (of time), to elapse
  11. to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
  12. to transform A to B, to make A into B, to exchange A for B
  13. to make use of A for B, to view A as B, to handle A as if it were B
  14. to feel A about B
  15. (suffix) verbalizing suffix (attaches to nouns that form suru-verbs)
  16. (auxiliary verb) creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
  17. (auxiliary verb) to be just about to, to be just starting to, to try to, to attempt to

Conjugation

為る · Irregular verb (suru)
FormAffirmativeNegative
Basics
Plain present辞書形 · ない形するしない
Plain pastた形 · なかった形したしなかった
Polite presentます形しますしません
Polite pastました形しましたしませんでした
Te-formて形してしなくて
Conditions and moods
If (-ba)ば形すればしなければ
If / when (-tara)たら形したらしなかったら
Let’s / will意向形しよう—not in common use
Want toたい形したいしたくない
Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形しろするな
Can · passive · causative
Can (potential)可能形できるできない
Passive受身形されるされない
Make / let使役形させるさせない
Be made to使役受身形させられるさせられない

Example sentences

  1. 試験しけん勉強べんきょうをしなくちゃ。

    I have to prepare for the test.

  2. 夜よるが明けようあとしている。

    The dawn is breaking.

  3. そのピアノはよい音おとがする。

    The piano has a good tone.