The big ones: ある aru (to exist, inanimate objects; to have) いる iru (to exist, animate objects) する suru (to do, irregular) Some others: 上げる ageru (to give, and lots of other things, like "to go up") 歩く aruku (to walk) 遊ぶ asobu (to play) 会う au (to meet) 違う chigau (to be different, wrong) 抱く daku (to embrace, hug) 出す dasu (to extract, take out) 出来る dekiru (to be able to, can) 撰ぶ erabu (to choose, select) 触れる fureru (to touch) 頑張る ganbaru (to try one's best) 入る hairu (to enter) 始まる hajimaru (to begin) 話す hanasu (to speak, talk) 払う harau (to pay) 走る hashiru (to run) 行く iku (to go) 言う iu (to say, slightly irregular in conjugation, ex. neg. is "iwanai" instead of "inai" (which is neg. of "iru")) 帰る kaeru (to return) 換える kaeru (to replace, exchange) 書く kaku (to write) 感じる kanjiru (to feel, experience) 勝つ katsu (to win) 買う kau (to buy) 消える kieru (to vanish, to go out, be extinguished) 聞く kiku (to listen) 決める kimeru (to decide) 切る kiru (to cut) 着る kiru (to wear) 答える kotaeru (to answer... the noun "answer" is "kotae") 繰り返す kurikaesu (to repeat) 来る kuru (to come) 曲げる magaru (to turn, bend) 守る mamoru (to protect) 待つ matsu (to wait) 見える mieru (to be visable) 見る miru (to see) 見せる miseru (to show) 持つ motsu (to hold,carry; to possess) 泣く naku (to cry) 寝る neru (to sleep) 飲む nomu (to drink) 乗る noru (to board, ride on) 覚える oboeru (to remember, memorize) 落ちる ochiru (to fall) 踊る odoru (to dance) 思う omou (to think) 教える oshieru (to teach, show, tell) 終わる owaru (to end) 知る shiru (to know) 住む sumu (to live) 座る suwaru (to sit) 食べる taberu (to eat) 楽しむ tanoshimu (to enjoy, have fun) 立つ tatsu (to stand up) 動く ugoku (to move) 歌う utau (to sing) 判る wakaru (to understand) 笑う warau (to laugh) 忘れる wasureru (to forget) 読む yomu (to read) Of course, there are lots more... ^-^ ~Megumi