やる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
遣る 演る 殺る

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やる [yàrú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

• Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "やる"

Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形)	やる	やる	[yàrú]
Imperative (命令形)	やれ	やれ	[yàré]
Key constructions
Passive	やられる	やられる	[yàrárérú]
Causative	やらせる	やらせる	[yàrásérú]
Potential	やれる	やれる	[yàrérú]
Volitional	やろう	やろ​ー	[yàróꜜò]
Negative	やらない	やらない	[yàránáí]
Negative perfective	やらなかった	やらな​かった	[yàránáꜜkàttà]
Formal	やります	やりま​す	[yàrímáꜜsù]
Perfective	やった	やった	[yàttá]
Conjunctive	やって	やって	[yàtté]
Hypothetical conditional	やれば	やれ​ば	[yàréꜜbà]

Verb

やる • (yaru) transitive godan (stem やり (yari), past やった (yatta))

1. 遣る: (colloquial) to do

   Synonyms: する (suru), なす (nasu, classical, formal), なさる (nasaru, honorific)

   何(なに)かやることがあるの？

   Nanika yaru koto ga aru no?

   Do you have anything to do?

   • 2015 March 9, “Tutorial 1”, in catch.jp-wiki Emacs tutorial‎^[1]:

     さあ、やってみましょう。コントロールキーを押(お)しながら v(ブイ) です

     Sā, yattemimashō. Kontorōru-kī o oshinagara bui desu

     Go ahead, try to do it. Depress the Ctrl key and v together

2. 演る: (colloquial) to act, to perform, such as in a film or musical act

   Synonym: 演じる (enjiru)

   主(しゅ)人(じん)公(こう)をやる

   shujinkō o yaru

   to perform the main character

3. 遣る: to give (to a non-human or someone inferior)

   Synonyms: 上げる (ageru, to an equal), 差し上げる (sashiageru, to a superior)

   花(はな)に水(みず)をやる。

   Hana ni mizu o yaru.

   Give the flowers some water.

4. 遣る: to send somebody somewhere, to dispatch

   使(つか)いにやる

   tsukai ni yaru

   to send a person on an errand

5. 遣る, 犯る: to have sex, to fuck, to bang (compare English do, as in "do someone" or "do it")

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:性交する

   やり逃(に)げ

   yarinige

   “fuck and chuck”; break contact after having sex

6. 殺る: to do someone in, to kill someone

   Synonym: 殺す (korosu)

   嫉(しっ)妬(と)に駆(か)られ、あの人(ひと)をやっちゃいました。

   Shitto ni karare, ano hito o yatchaimashita.

   Driven by jealousy, he killed that person.

7. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) to row a boat

   Synonym: 漕ぐ (kogu)

8. (colloquial, only in the indicative) to have commendable ability

   Synonym: できる (dekiru)

   やるな、お前(まえ)。

   Yaru na, omae.

   Good stuff, lad. / Damn, bro.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "やる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	やら	yara
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	やり	yari
Shūshikei ("terminal")	やる	yaru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	やる	yaru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	やれ	yare
Meireikei ("imperative")	やれ	yare
Key constructions
Passive	やられる	yarareru
Causative	やらせる やらす	yaraseru yarasu
Potential	やれる	yareru
Volitional	やろう	yarō
Negative	やらない	yaranai
Negative continuative	やらず	yarazu
Formal	やります	yarimasu
Perfective	やった	yatta
Conjunctive	やって	yatte
Hypothetical conditional	やれば	yareba

Derived terms

• 使(つか)いに遣(や)る (tsukai ni yaru): to send a person on an errand
• やる気(き) (yaruki)