遣る
やる · yaru
To do, to undertake, to perform, to play (a game), to study
- to send, to dispatch, to despatch
- to put, to move, to turn (one's head, glance, etc.)
- to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status), to let have, to present, to bestow, to confer
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 遣りますやります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 遣りませんやりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 遣りましたやりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 遣りませんでしたやりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 遣りましょうやりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 遣りやり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 遣りたいやりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 遣りながらやりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 遣ってやって |
| Plain past (た形) | 遣ったやった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 遣ったらやったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 遣っているやっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 遣らないやらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 遣らなかったやらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 遣らなくてやらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 遣れるやれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 遣ればやれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 遣れやれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 遣ろうやろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 遣られるやられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 遣らせるやらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 遣らされるやらされる |
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What does 遣る mean?
To do, to undertake, to perform, to play (a game), to study. It can also mean: to send, to dispatch, to despatch; to put, to move, to turn (one's head, glance, etc.); to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status), to let have, to present, to bestow, to confer.
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やる (yaru). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
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