やる

Japanese

Alternative forms

• 遣る (rare)

Verb

やる (transitive, godan conjugation, rōmaji yaru)

1. (colloquial) to do (perform, execute)

   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しながら v です

     Sā, yattemimashō. Kontorōrukī o oshinagara v desu

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

2. to give (to a non-human or someone inferior)

   花 (はな)に水 (みず)をやる。

   Hana ni mizu o yaru.

   Give the flowers some water.

3. to send somebody somewhere, to dispatch

   使 (つか)いにやる

   tsukai ni yaru

   to send a person on an errand

4. to have sex, to fuck, to bang

   やり逃 (に)げ

   yarinige

   “fuck and chuck”; break contact after having sex

5. to kill
6. to row a boat

Conjugation

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

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	やら	yara
Continuative (連用形)	やり	yari
Terminal (終止形)	やる	yaru
Attributive (連体形)	やる	yaru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	やれ	yare
Imperative (命令形)	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

Synonyms

• (to do): する (suru),　できる (dekiru)
• (to give): 上 (あ)げる (ageru, to an equal), 差 (さ)し上 (あ)げる (sashiageru, to a superior)
• (to fuck): ファックする (fakku suru), エッチする (etchi suru)
• (to kill): 殺 (ころ)す (korosu)