やる

Japanese
Alternative spellings
遣る
演る
殺る

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • 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:
      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)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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