What are the most common Japanese verbs?

tabemasu, to eat. nomimasu, to drink. kaimasu, to buy. mimasu, to watch, look, see. misemasu, to show. kakimasu, to write, draw, paint. okurimasu, to send. tsukurimasu, to make, produce, cook. tsukaimasu, to use. aimasu, to meet / to match, fit. ikimasu, to go. kimasu, to come. kaerimasu, to return. read more

The 3000 Most Commonly Used Japanese Words by Frequency Word Frequency List Derived from Japanese Wikipedia If I remember correctly, the first three lists were based on novels. Here are the 50 most frequent verbs (in dictionary form) taken from the first link, typed by me personally. read more

Japanese verbs conjugate according to the suffixes that is attached to the verb stem. Verb endings are changed to indicate past tense, negation, passive and causative mood. The rules for conjugation in Japanese verbs are simpler compared to some languages, such as English or French. read more