# やる
## Japanese

* Alternative spellings
* 遣る 演る 殺る 行る 犯る

### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) やる [yàrú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ja̠ɾɯ̟]
* 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))
* 遣る, 行る: (colloquial) to do (something); to perform or take care of (a responsibility), to take on (a task)
    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
* 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
* 遣る, 行る: 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.
* 遣る, 行る: to send somebody somewhere, to dispatch
    使(つか)いにやる
       tsukai ni yaru
       to send a person on an errand
* 遣る, 犯る, 行る: 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
* 殺る: to do someone in, to kill someone; to get (someone), to fool or deceive (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.
* (Can we verify this sense?) to row a boat
    Synonym: 漕ぐ (kogu)
* (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

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

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN