| English | Japanese |
| adj-na n vs a lot of things to do | 多用 news2 nf35 |
| exp about to be cut off e.g. in a battle and unable to do anything | 俎の鯉 |
| exp about to be cut off e.g. in a battle and unable to do anything | 俎板の鯉 |
| n administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Hokkai-do, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu and remaining prefectures | 都道府県 news1 nf03 (とどうふけん) |
| aim to do | 心懸ける |
| aim to do | 心掛ける ichi1 news2 nf40 |
| aim to do | 心がける spec1 |
| exp all you have to do is | だけでいい |
| uk amount of time or effort required to do something | 出 news1 nf12 (で) |
| uk anxious to do | 堪ったものではない emphatic form of 堪らない |
| uk anxious to do | 堪らない ichi1 |
| n appropriate time to do | 仕所 (something) |
| n appropriate time to do | 為所 (something) |
| adj-na uk apt to do | 仕勝ち |
| suf uk apt to do | 勝ち |
| attempt to do something | しようとする |
| hum auxiliary verb indicating that one has been granted the permission to do something | させる せる is for 五段 verbs, させる for 一段; follows the imperfective form of (v5) and (vs) verbs; senses 1-3 of せる are sometimes abbreviated as 〜す |
| auxiliary verb indicating that one has been granted the permission to do something | さす |
| hum auxiliary verb indicating that one has been granted the permission to do something | せる |
| begin to do | 行動に移る |
| begin to do | 仕出す |
| begin to do | 為初める |
| n vs yoji being at a complete loss as to what to do | 閉口頓首 |
| n yoji being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one | 法界悋気 |
| adj-i uk bother to do | 面倒臭い ichi1 |
| adj-i uk bother to do | 面倒くさい spec1 |
| exp can't bring oneself to do | 気になれない after a verb |
| choose when to do something | 見計らう news2 nf32 |
| exp adj-na n cinch to do | 朝飯前 |
| continue to do | 為続ける |
| continue to do | し続ける spec1 |
| contract to do construction work | 請負 (うけおい) |
| n yoji deciding what to do with oneself, whether staying in the present position or leaving it | 進退去就 |
| exp do not delay to make amends for one's wrongs | 過ちては則ち改むるに憚ること勿れ |
| exp do not hesitate to say | 言うのをはばからない |
| do or not to do | しようかしまいか |
| do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person | 恩を売る |
| do something to the best of ability | 腕によりをかける |
| do something to the best of ability | 腕に縒りをかける |
| do something to the best of ability | 腕に縒りを掛ける |
| do something to the best of ability | 腕によりを掛ける |
| do something to the best of ability | 腕に縒をかける |
| do something to the best of ability | 腕に縒を掛ける |
| do something to the best of ability | 最善を尽くす |
| do something to the end | 抜く ichi1 (ぬく) |
| do something without any particular intention or mind to do so | とも無しに |
| do to completion | やり切る |
| do ... to each other | 合う ichi1 news1 nf08 |
| do to exhaustion | 尽す |
| do to exhaustion | 盡す oK |
| do to exhaustion | 尽くす ichi1 news2 nf28 |
| do to the end | 透す |
| do to the end | 徹す news1 nf20 |
| do to the end | 通す ichi1 |
| do to the entirety of | 徹す news1 nf20 |
| do to the entirety of | 透す |
| do to the entirety of | 通す ichi1 |
| do what one is told to | 言う事を聞く |
| do what one is told to | 言うことを聞く |
| n easy to do | しやすい |
| exp fem emphasizes a determination not to do something by means of a rhetorical question | もんですか |
| exp fem emphasizes a determination not to do something by means of a rhetorical question | ものですか |
| prt male emphasizes a determination not to do something, e.g. "Like hell I will!" | もんか |
| prt male emphasizes a determination not to do something, e.g. "Like hell I will!" | ものか |
| encourage to do | 尻を叩く (something) |
| encourage to do | 尻をたたく (something) |
| entice a person to do something wrong | 悪事を唆す |
| fail to do | 為落す |
| fail to do | そびれる usu. a suffix after the -masu stem of a verb |
| fail to do | 為落とす |
| feel inclined to do | 気が向く |
| find difficult to do | 兼ねる ichi1 news1 nf23 |
| find something difficult to do | 致し兼ねる |
| find something difficult to do | 出来兼ねる |
| find something difficult to do | 出来かねる |
| find something difficult to do | 致しかねる |
| pref for lack of anything better to do | でもしか before an occupation, etc. |
| for lack of anything better to do | でも spec1 |
| forbid someone to do something | 差止める io |
| forbid someone to do something | 差し止める |
| force to do | 成さしめる |
| get somebody to do something | 貰う ichi1 news2 nf42 |
| n yoji good example of what not to do | 反面教師 news2 nf34 (esp. how not to behave) |
| green young man from a well-to-do family | 御坊っちゃん |
| green young man from a well-to-do family | お坊ちゃん |
| green young man from a well-to-do family | 御坊ちゃん |
| green young man from a well-to-do family | 坊っちゃん ichi1 news2 nf33 |
| green young man from a well-to-do family | 坊ちゃん ichi1 |
| green young man from a well-to-do family | お坊っちゃん |
| adj-i uk hard to do | 為難い |
| adj-i uk hard to do | し難い suru verb ending |
| suf adj-i after masu stem hard to do | 苦しい ichi1 news1 nf18 |
| adj-i uk hard to do | 為悪い |
| adj-i uk hard-to-do | 遣り難い |
| adj-i uk hard-to-do | 遣りにくい |
| adj-i uk hard-to-do | やり難い |
| exp has to do | やらざるを得ない |
| exp adj-i has to do | せざる得ない |
| exp adj-i has to do | せざるを得ない |
| exp v1 have it in one to do | 可能性を秘める |
| have occasion to do | 序でが有る |
| have occasion to do | 序でがある |
| have something to do with | かかわり合う |
| have something to do with | 係わり合う |
| have something to do with | 関わりあう |
| have something to do with | 関わり合う |
| have things to do | 用が有る |
| exp have to do | ねばならぬ |
| exp have to do | なけばならない |
| after negative base of verb have to do | 無くてはならない |
| after negative base of verb have to do | 無くてはいけない spec1 |
| exp have to do | せねばならない |
| exp have to do | せねば |
| exp have to do | せねばならぬ |
| have to do | 無きゃならない |
| after negative base of verb have to do | 無きゃいけない spec1 |
| after negative base of verb have to do | 無きゃ |
| exp have to do | なければならぬ |
| exp have to do | ねばなりません |
| exp have to do | ねばならない |
| exp have to do | なければいけない spec1 |
| exp have to do | なければなりません spec1 |
| exp have to do | なければならない spec1 |
| have to do with | 与り知る oft. in the negative |
| have to do with | 拘る |
| have to do with | 係わる ichi1 |
| have to do with | 関る |
| have to do with | 係る io |
| have to do with | 拘わる |
| have to do with | 関わる ichi1 |
| having no way to do ... | 仕様もない |
| having no way to do ... | しょうも無い |
| having no way to do ... | 仕様も無い |
| having no way to do ... | しようも無い |
| exp having nothing to do | 徒然なるままに |
| adj-i having nothing to do | 所在ない |
| adj-i having nothing to do | 所在無い |
| adj-t adv-to having nothing to do | 居然 |
| exp having nothing to do with | 縁もゆかりもない |
| he who first suggests it should be the first to do it | 隗より始めよ |
| he who first suggests it should be the first to do it | まず隗より始めよ |
| hesitate to do | 仕兼ねる |
| hesitate to do | し兼ねる |
| hesitate to do something | 兼ねる ichi1 news1 nf23 (out of consideration for others) |
| exp I have nothing to do with it | 知った事か |
| exp uk I have to do something | どげんかせんといかん dial. phrase popularized by Miyazaki mayor Hideo Higashikokubaru in 2007 |
| exp if you have a mind to do something, you can do it | なせば成る |
| exp if you have a mind to do something, you can do it | 為せば成る |
| exp uk impossible to do | 訳にはいきません (although wants to) |
| exp uk impossible to do | わけには行かない (although wants to) |
| exp uk impossible to do | 訳にはいけない incorrect variant of 訳にはいかない (although wants to) |
| exp uk impossible to do | 訳には行かない (although wants to) |
| exp uk impossible to do | 訳にはいかない (although wants to) |
| aux-v impossible to do | 能わず |
| adj-i impossible to do | 仕切れない |
| aux-v conj in order to do | すべく contraction of するべく |
| uk indicates disappointment for not having done what one wanted or intended to do | 仕舞 |
| uk indicates disappointment for not having done what one wanted or intended to do | 終い |
| uk indicates disappointment for not having done what one wanted or intended to do | 了い after a noun |
| uk indicates disappointment for not having done what one wanted or intended to do | 仕舞い |
| intend to do | 目論む |
| exp adj-i is compelled to do | せざる得ない |
| exp is compelled to do | やらざるを得ない |
| exp adj-i is compelled to do | せざるを得ない |
| exp uk itching to do something | 居ても立ってもいられない |
| exp uk itching to do something | 居ても立っても居られない |
| adv adv-to vs on-mim itching to do something | うずうず ichi1 |
| adv uk just manage to do something | 辛うじて news1 nf17 |
| lacking the material needed to do something | 種無し |
| lacking the material needed to do something | 種なし |
| n yoji lacking the talent to do anything but eat | 無芸大食 |
| n adj-na yoji lacking the talent to do anything but idle away one's time | 無為無能 |
| n vs lesson or a phrase that teaches you not to do something | 訓誡 |
| n vs lesson or a phrase that teaches you not to do something | 訓戒 news2 nf46 spec2 |
| let a chance to do something slip through fingers | 遅かりし由良之助 |
| adj-na uk liable to do | 仕勝ち |
| exp adj-i uk liable to do | 遣り兼ねない |
| suf uk liable to do | 勝ち |
| exp adj-i uk liable to do | 仕兼ねない |
| exp adj-i uk liable to do | し兼ねない |
| adv looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on | あっけらかんと |
| make up mind to do | 心を決める |
| n yoji making strenuous efforts to devise good ways and means to do something | 意匠惨憺 |
| manage to do | 漕ぎつける |
| manage to do | 遂せる usu. aux. verb |
| manage to do | 漕ぎ着ける |
| manage to do | こぎ着ける |
| manage to do | 果せる |
| exp no need to do anything | 上げ膳据え膳 |
| exp adj-i no way to do | 打つ手がない |
| exp adj-i not able to do anything | やる方無い (about...) |
| exp adj-i not able to do anything | やるかた無い (about...) |
| exp adj-i not able to do anything | 遣る方無い (about...) |
| exp adj-i not able to do anything | 遣るかたない (about...) |
| exp adj-i not able to do anything | 遣るかた無い (about...) |
| exp adj-i not able to do anything | 遣る方ない (about...) |
| exp adj-i not able to do anything | やる方ない (about...) |
| adj-na n not having any room to do more | 手いっぱい |
| adj-na n not having any room to do more | 手一杯 |
| not know how to act or what to do | 思い余る news2 nf42 |
| not know what to do | 思い悩む news2 nf39 |
| exp v5k not know what to do with | 手を焼く |
| not know what to do with | 持てあます |
| not know what to do with | 倦ねる |
| not know what to do with | 持て余す news2 nf42 |
| exp not knowing what to do | 西も東も分からない |
| exp not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand | 間が持てない |
| exp nothing to do with me | 我関せず |
| exp one has no other choice but to do what one has to do | やるっきゃない |
| exp only wanting to do something | 欲も得もない (thinking about nothing else) |
| adv uk ought to do | 須く |
| exp ought to do | すべし abbr. of suru and beshi |
| exp ought to do | するべき longer form of すべき |
| exp ought to do | せねばならぬ |
| exp ought to do | せねば |
| exp ought to do | せねばならない |
| adv uk ought to do | 須らく |
| exp uk ought to do | す可き |
| n person wanting to do something | 希望者 |
| n person who is employed but has nothing to do at their company | 社内ＮＥＥＴ |
| n person who is employed but has nothing to do at their company | 社内ニート |
| n vs person who is made to do things or get things for someone else | 使いっぱしり |
| n vs person who is made to do things or get things for someone else | 使いっ走り |
| adj-na uk prone to do | 仕勝ち |
| refuse to do | 仕兼ねる |
| refuse to do | し兼ねる |
| resolve to do | 心を決める |
| exp risky thing to do | 狐に小豆飯 (like feeding a fox) |
| n something easy to do | 屁の河童 |
| n exp something easy to do | 河童の屁 |
| strain oneself to do | 詰める ichi1 (つめる) |
| exp taking the opportunity to do something | 行きがけの駄賃 |
| exp taking the opportunity to do something | いきがけの駄賃 |
| exp taking the opportunity to do something | ゆきがけの駄賃 |
| exp taking the opportunity to do something | 行き掛けの駄賃 |
| tell someone to do something | 言い聞かせる news2 nf39 |
| tell someone to do something | 言いきかせる |
| tell someone to do something | 言聞かす |
| tell someone to do something | 言聞かせる |
| tell someone to do something | 言い聞かす |
| adj-na uk tend to do | 仕勝ち |
| suf uk tend to do | 勝ち (used to describe a negative tendency) |
| n-adv n-suf tending to do ... | 一方 ichi1 news1 nf01 (いっぽう) |
| term used in error to refer to young men that were made to do forced labour in the ritsuryo system | 衛士 |
| exp uk that's something I have to do | どげんかせんといかん dial. phrase popularized by Miyazaki mayor Hideo Higashikokubaru in 2007 |
| exp there's nothing to do about it | 没法子 |
| n things to do | 用事 ichi1 news2 nf25 (ようじ) |
| to always do | 極める |
| to always do | 決める ichi1 news1 nf22 |
| v1 vi uk to be able in a position to do | 出來る oK |
| adj-f exp vt to be able to do | なし得る |
| adj-f exp vt to be able to do | 成し得る |
| adj-f exp vt to be able to do | 成しうる |
| adj-f exp vt to be able to do | 成しえる |
| v1 vi uk to be able in a position to do | 出来る ichi1 news1 nf15 |
| exp v5k to be able to do other work | 潰しが利く |
| exp v5k to be able to do other work | つぶしが利く |
| exp vs-i to be about to do ... | とする after the volitional form of verb |
| exp v5r to be at a loss for what to do | 思案に余る |
| exp v1 to be charmed by someone's kind words and do as he wishes | ことばに甘える |
| exp v1 to be charmed by someone's kind words and do as he wishes | 言葉に甘える |
| to be confused from not knowing what to do | 彷徨く ichi1 |
| exp v5m to be determined to do or die | 死してのちやむ |
| exp v5m to be determined to do or die | 死してのち已む |
| exp v5m to be determined to do or die | 死して後已む |
| exp v1 to be forced to do or experience something | 余儀なくされる (against one's will) |
| exp v1 to be forced to do something because one has no other choice | 余儀なくされる |
| v1 to be hard to do | 骨が折れる |
| exp v5m to be inclined to do | 気が進む |
| exp to be nothing to do with one | 知ったことではない |
| exp to be nothing to do with one | 知った事ではない |
| v1 uk to be reluctant to do | 仕兼ねる |
| v1 uk to be reluctant to do | し兼ねる |
| v1 uk to be unable to do | 致しかねる |
| v1 uk to be unable to do | 致し兼ねる |
| v1 uk to be unable to do | 出来かねる |
| v1 uk to be unable to do | 出来兼ねる |
| v1 uk to be unable to do | 仕兼ねる |
| v1 uk to be unable to do | し兼ねる |
| exp v5m to be willing to do | 気が進む |
| exp to be willing to do anything any trick to achieve one's end | 目的のためには手段を選ばない |
| to finally start to do something | 腰を上げる |
| hum to humbly do ... | 揚げる ichi1 news2 nf29 |
| hum to humbly do ... | 挙げる ichi1 news1 nf04 |
| hum to humbly do ... | 上げる ichi1 news2 nf42 (あげる) |
| hon to kindly do for one | 下さる ichi1 news1 nf18 |
| exp too lazy to do anything | 横の物を縦にもしない |
| exp too lazy to do anything | 縦の物を横にもしない |
| aux-v hon pol please try to do | ご覧なさい |
| aux-v hon pol please try to do | 御覧なさい |
| n vs trying hard to do something | チャレンジ gai1 |
| trying to do something beyond one's ability | 背のび |
| trying to do something beyond one's ability | 背延び |
| trying to do something beyond one's ability | 背伸び news2 nf38 |
| aux-v unable to do | 能わず |
| adj-i want to do | したい |
| aux-adj want to ... do something | たい spec1 after the -masu stem of a verb |
| warn not to do something | 禁める |
| warn not to do something | 諌める |
| warn not to do something | 諫める |
| n way to do | 打つ手 news2 nf27 (something) |
| n what one has a mind to do | その気 |
| exp what to do | どうしょう ik |
| exp what to do | どうしよう |
| exp what to do about it | どうしますか |
| exp what to do about it | どうするか |
| exp what to do with oneself | 身の処し方 |
| exp what would be a good way to do it? | 何かいい手は無いか |
| exp what would be a good way to do it? | なにかいい手はないか |
| exp what would be a good way to do it? | 何かいい手はないか |
| exp adj-ix what's the best thing to do? | どうしたらいい |
| exp adj-i uk what's the best thing to do? | どうしたら良い |
| exp willing to do | 辞さない |