為 | Kanji meaning

為

N1常用

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火, 丶

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831

意do; change; make; benefit; welfare; be of use; reach to; try; practice; cost; serve as; good; advantage; as a result of

訓ため、な.る、な.す、す.る、たり、つく.る、なり

音イ

名びい

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ため

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ため

noun (common) (futsuumeishi); adverb (fukushi)

good; advantage; benefit; welfareword usually written using kana alonesee also
sake; purpose; objective; aimword usually written using kana alone
consequence; result; effectword usually written using kana alone
affecting; regarding; concerningword usually written using kana alone

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【ため】
【ため】
め【ため】

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そのため

expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

hence; for that reasonword usually written using kana alone

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その【そのため】
の【そのため】
のため【そのため】

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ために

conjunction

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf ofword usually written using kana alone
because of; as a result ofword usually written using kana alone

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に【ために】
に【ために】

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【がいため】

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

foreign exchangeabbreviationsee also

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イ

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【こうい】

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

act; deed; conduct

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【しょい】

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

act; deed; one's doingsee also
cause; reasononly applies to しょい

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【そい】

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【じんいてき】

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made

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【じんい】

noun (common) (futsuumeishi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

human work; human agency; art; artificiality

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な.る

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る【なる】

Godan verb with 'ru' ending; intransitive verb

to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attainword usually written using kana alone
to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be)word usually written using kana alone
to consist of; to be composed of; to be made up ofword usually written using kana aloneas ...からなる or ...よりなる
to be completed; to be realized; to succeed; to be attained; to be accomplishedword usually written using kana alone
to change (into); to turn (into); to transformword usually written using kana alone
to come (to do); to begin (to do); to grow (to do)word usually written using kana alone
to come to; to amount to; to add up to; to makeword usually written using kana alone
to play (the part of); to act asword usually written using kana alone
to be used for; to be useful for; to serve asword usually written using kana alone
to be promotedshogi

auxiliary verb; Godan verb with 'ru' ending

to do ...honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) languageword usually written using kana aloneas お + masu stem + になる, or ご + noun + になる

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る【なる】

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す【なす】

Godan verb with 'su' ending; transitive verb

to build up; to establishword usually written using kana aloneesp. 成す
to form; to become (a state)word usually written using kana aloneesp. 成す
to accomplish; to achieve; to succeed inword usually written using kana alone
to change intoword usually written using kana alone
to do; to performword usually written using kana aloneesp. 為す

auxiliary verb

to intend to; to attempt; to tryarchaism

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す【なす】

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なさる

Godan verb - -aru special class; transitive verb

to dohonorific or respectful (sonkeigo) languageword usually written using kana alone

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さる【なさる】
さる【なさる】

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しげる【なしとげる】

Ichidan verb; transitive verb

to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill

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しとげる【なしとげる】
しげる【なしとげる】

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す.る

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する

suru verb - included

to do; to carry out; to performword usually written using kana alone
to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)word usually written using kana alone
to serve as; to act as; to work asword usually written using kana alone
to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)word usually written using kana alone
to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use asword usually written using kana aloneas 〜にする,〜とする
to decide on; to chooseword usually written using kana aloneas 〜にする

suru verb - included; intransitive verb

to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)word usually written using kana aloneas 〜がする
to be (in a state, condition, etc.)word usually written using kana alone
to be worth; to costword usually written using kana alone
to pass (of time); to elapseword usually written using kana alone

suru verb - included; transitive verb

to place, or raise, person A to a post or status Bword usually written using kana aloneas AをBにする
to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for Bword usually written using kana aloneas AをBにする
to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were Bword usually written using kana aloneas AをBにする
to feel A about Bword usually written using kana aloneas AをBにする

suffix; suru verb - included

verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")word usually written using kana alone

auxiliary verb; suru verb - included

creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")word usually written using kana alonesee also and 御
to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt toword usually written using kana aloneas 〜うとする,〜ようとするsee also とする

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る【する】

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なことをする【ばかなことをする】

expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.); suru verb - included

to do a silly thing

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なをする【ばかなことをする】
なをる【ばかなことをする】

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す

su verb - precursor to the modern suru

to doword usually written using kana aloneliterary form of するsee also する

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【す】

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さすれば

conjunction

so; therefore; for that reasondated termword usually written using kana alone
if so; if that is the case; in that casedated termword usually written using kana alone

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すれば【さすれば】
れば【さすれば】

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為

為

ため

そのため

ために

外為【がいため】

なり手【なりて】

行為【こうい】

所為【しょい】

人為的【じんいてき】

人為【じんい】

成る【なる】

為す【なす】

なさる

成し遂げる【なしとげる】

する

馬鹿なことをする【ばかなことをする】

す

さすれば

【がいため】

なり【なりて】

【こうい】

【しょい】

【じんいてき】

【じんい】

る【なる】

す【なす】

しげる【なしとげる】

なことをする【ばかなことをする】