| Hiragana | Kanji | Meaning |
| あう | 会う | to meet, to see |
| あく | 開く | to open, to become open |
| あける | 開ける | to open |
| あげる | 上げる | to give |
| あそぶ | 遊ぶ | to play, to make a visit |
| あびる | Kana* | to bathe, to shower |
| あらう | 洗う | to wash |
| ある | Kana* | to be |
| ある | Kana* | to have |
| あるく | 歩く | to walk |
| いう | 言う | to say |
| いく/ゆく | 行く | to go |
| いる | 居る | to be (animate), to exist (hum) |
| いる | 要る | to need |
| いれる | 入れる | to put in |
| うたう | 歌う | to sing |
| うまれる | 生まれる | to be born |
| うる | 売る | to sell |
| おきる | 起きる | to get up, to rise |
| おく | 置く | to put, to place |
| おしえる | 教える | to teach, to inform |
| おす | 押す | to push, to press |
| おぼえる | 覚える | to remember, to memorise |
| およぐ | 泳ぐ | to swim |
| おりる | 降りる | to get off, to disembark, to dismount |
| おわる | 終る | to finish, to close |
| かう | 買う | to buy |
| かえす | 返す | to return something |
| かえる | 帰る | to go home, to return |
| かかる | Kana* | to take (eg time, money) |
| かく | 書く | to write |
| かける | Kana* | to put on (eg glasses) |
| かける | Kana* | to dial/call (eg phone) |
| かす | 貸す | to lend |
| かぶる | Kana* | to wear, to put on (head) |
| かりる | 借りる | to borrow, to have a loan |
| きえる | 消える | to go out, to vanish |
| きく | 聞く | to hear, to listen, to ask |
| きる | 切る | to cut, to chop |
| きる | 着る | to wear, to put on (from shoulders down) |
| くもる | 曇る | to become cloudy, to become dim |
| けす | 消す | to erase, to delete, to turn off power |
| こたえる | 答える | to answer, to reply |
| こまる | 困る | to be worried, to be bothered |
| さす | 差す | to raise (stretch out) hands, to raise (eg umbrella) |
| しまる | 閉まる | to close, to be closed |
| しめる | 閉める | to close, to shut |
| しめる | 締める | to tie, to fasten |
| しる | 知る | to know, to understand |
| すわる | 座る | to sit |
| だす | 出す | to put out, to send |
| たつ | 立つ | to stand |
| たのむ | 頼む | to request, to ask |
| たべる | 食べる | to eat |
| つかう | 使う | to use |
| つかれる | 疲れる | to get tired, to tire |
| つく | 着く | to arrive at, to reach |
| つくる | 作る | to make, to create |
| つける | Kana* | to turn on (eg a light) |
| つとめる | 勤める | to serve, to work (for) |
| でかける | 出かける | to depart, to go out |
| できる | Kana* | to be able to |
| でる | 出る | to appear, to leave |
| とぶ | 飛ぶ | to fly, to hop |
| とまる | 止まる | to come to a halt |
| とる | 取る | to take |
| とる | 撮る | to take (a photo) |
| なくす | 無くす | to lose something |
| ならう | 習う | to learn |
| ならぶ | 並ぶ | to line up, to stand in a line |
| ならべる | 並べる | to line up, to set up |
| なる | Kana* | to become |
| ねる | 寝る | to go to bed, to sleep |
| のぼる | 登る | to climb |
| のむ | 飲む | to drink |
| のる | 乗る | to get on, to ride in, to board |
| はいる | 入る | to enter, to contain, to hold |
| はく | Kana* | to wear, to put on (trousers) |
| はじまる | 始まる | to begin |
| はしる | 走る | to run |
| はたらく | 働く | to work |
| はなす | 話す | to speak |
| はる | 貼る | to stick, to paste |
| ひく | 引く | to pull |
| ひく | 弾く | to play (musical instrument) |
| まがる | 曲る | to turn, to bend |
| まつ | 待つ | to wait |
| みがく | 磨く | to brush (teeth), to polish, to shine |
| みせる | 見せる | to show, to display |
| みる | 見る | to see, to watch |
| もつ | 持つ | to hold, to carry, to possess |
| やすむ | 休む | to rest, to have a break, to have a dayoff |
| やる | Kana* | to do |
| よぶ | 呼ぶ | to call out, to invite |
| よむ | 読む | to read |
| わかる | 分かる | to understand |
| わすれる | 忘れる | to forget |
| わたる | 渡る | to cross over, to go across |