JLPT N5 vocabulary
遣る: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
やる0Heiban · flat
Godan verb (u-verb)
Meaning
- (colloquial) to do, undertake, perform, play a game, study
- to send, dispatch
- to put, move, turn one's head or glance, etc.
- to give, especially to someone of equal or lower status, let have, present, bestow, confer
- to make a vehicle go faster
- to run a business, keep, be engaged in, practice law, medicine, etc.
- to have food or drink, eat, drink, smoke
- to hold a performance, perform, show
- to ease one's mind
- (colloquial) to harm, injure, kill
- to live, get by, get along
- (suffix, godan verb ending in -ru) to do something completely, after the -masu stem of a verb, often in the negative
- (suffix, godan verb ending in -ru) to do something broadly, over a great distance, after the -masu stem of a verb
- (auxiliary verb, godan verb ending in -ru) after the -te form of a verb, do something for someone of equal or lower status or do something to someone, sometimes with a negative nuance
- (auxiliary verb, godan verb ending in -ru) after the -te form of a verb, make active efforts to do something
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 遣る | 遣 |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 遣 | 遣 |
| Polite presentます形 | 遣 | 遣 |
| Polite pastました形 | 遣 | 遣 |
| Te-formて形 | 遣 | 遣 |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 遣 | 遣 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 遣 | 遣 |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 遣 | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 遣 | 遣 |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 遣 | 遣る |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 遣 | 遣 |
| Passive受身形 | 遣 | 遣 |
| Make / let使役形 | 遣 | 遣 |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 遣 | 遣 |
Example sentences
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.
今日はこれといって、 やることがないんだ。
There's not really anything to do today.
彼は宿題をやったことにして、 遊びに行ってしまった。
He acted as if he had done his homework and went out to play.