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するする

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Verbe · Suffix · Assistant · Group 3 verb

白状はくじょうしろ!

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Parts of speech

Group 3 verb (する) · Intransitive · Transitive · Suffix · Auxiliary verb

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Verb group: Group 3 (irregular)

Verb usage: transitive and intransitive (as per meaning)

Other written forms: 為る

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Dictionary references: they are not necessarily synonyms.

English dictionary meanings
  • to do
  • to carry out
  • to perform
  • to cause to become
  • to make (into)
  • to turn (into)
  • to serve as
  • to act as
  • to work as
  • to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
  • to judge as being
  • to view as being
  • to think of as
  • to treat as
  • to use as
  • to decide on
  • to choose
  • to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
  • to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
  • to be worth
  • to cost
  • to pass (of time)
  • to elapse
  • to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
  • to transform A to B
  • to make A into B
  • to exchange A for B
  • to make use of A for B
  • to view A as B
  • to handle A as if it were B
  • to feel A about B
  • verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
  • creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
  • to be just about to
  • to be just starting to
  • to try to
  • to attempt to

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