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Verbs 4: things that change — 動詞 4・変化

Increase and decrease, go up and down, begin and continue, gather, open and close — in transitive and intransitive pairs. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

ふえる verb
増える to increase
へる verb
減る to decrease
かわる verb
変わる to change
かえる verb
変える to change (something)
あがる verb
上がる to go up, rise
さがる verb
下がる to go down, fall
あげる verb
上げる to raise
さげる verb
下げる to lower
はじめる verb
始める to begin (something)
つづく verb
続く to continue
つづける verb
続ける to continue (something)
  verb
やめる to stop, quit (also 辞める for a job)
うごく verb
動く to move
うごかす verb
動かす to move (something)
あつまる verb
集まる to gather
あつめる verb
集める to collect
ひらく verb
開く to open; to hold (an event)
とじる verb
閉じる to close, shut
われる verb
割れる to break, crack
たおれる verb
倒れる to fall over, collapse
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Verbs 4: things that change — from memory

Cover page 1. Write the Japanese for each meaning (kana is fine), then write what each word in part 2 means. Page 1 is the answer key.

1    Write the Japanese
to lower
verb
to open; to hold (an event)
verb
to change (something)
verb
to continue
verb
to go down, fall
verb
to stop, quit (also 辞める for a job)
verb
to collect
verb
to continue (something)
verb
to begin (something)
verb
to go up, rise
verb
2    What does it mean?
集まる
動く
割れる
変わる
閉じる
増える
動かす
減る
倒れる
上げる
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