Verbs English Japanese buy kaimasu come kimasu (irreg) do shimasu (irreg) drink nomimasu eat tabemasu go ikimasu hear kikimasu hurry isogimasu is desu leave dekakemasu read yomimasu see mimasu send okurimasu sleep nemasu take kakarimasu understand wakarimasu write kakimasu arrive tsukimasu be imasu (living) begin hajimarimasu call, phone denwa o kakemasu clean sooji o shimasu end owarimasu enter hairimasu exists imasu (living) exists arimasu (inanimate) finish owarimasu fly tobimasu go shopping kaimono ni ikimasu have mochimasu have arimasu (inanimate) know shirimasu laugh waraimasu make tsukurimasu meet aimasu play asobimasu practice renshu shimasu return kaerimasu (home) say iimasu shower shawaa o abimasu sing utaimasu sit suwarimasu speak hanashimasu stand tachimasu stop tomarimasu study benkyoo shimasu swim oyogimasu talk hanashimasu take a bath ofuro ni hairimasu teach oshiemasu think kangaemasu (reason) think omoimasu (believe) wait machimasu wake up okimasu walk arukimasu watch mimasu work hatarakimasu work shigoto o shimasu