EntryCommonJLPT N3
  1. Suru verb - included

    to do; to carry out; to perform

    Usually written using kana alone

    「これ以上何も言うことはありません、いいわけをするのはいやですから」と彼は言った。
    He said, "I will say nothing more, because I hate making excuses."
  2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. to serve as; to act as; to work as

    Usually written using kana alone

  4. to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

    Usually written using kana alone

  5. to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as

    Usually written using kana aloneas 〜にする,〜とする

  6. to decide on; to choose

    Usually written using kana aloneas 〜にする

  7. Suru verb - included, Intransitive verb

    to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)

    Usually written using kana aloneas 〜がする

  8. to be (in a state, condition, etc.)

    Usually written using kana alone

  9. to be worth; to cost

    Usually written using kana alone

  10. to pass (of time); to elapse

    Usually written using kana alone

  11. Suru verb - included, Transitive verb

    to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B

    Usually written using kana aloneas AをBにする

  12. to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B

    Usually written using kana aloneas AをBにする

  13. to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B

    Usually written using kana aloneas AをBにする

  14. to feel A about B

    Usually written using kana aloneas AをBにする

  15. Suffix, Suru verb - included

    verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")

    Usually written using kana alone

  16. Auxiliary verb, Suru verb - included

    creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")

    Usually written using kana alonesee お願いしますsee

  17. to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

    Usually written using kana aloneas 〜うとする,〜ようとするsee とする

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

do, change, make, benefit, welfare, be of use, reach to, try, practice, cost, serve as, good, advantage, as a result of

Kun
ため、な.る、な.す、す.る、たり、つく.る、なり
On
Strokes
9
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
831 of 2500
Radical
fire
WaniKani
Level 35

Built from

Used in names as

びい

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
4-9-4, 3-5-4SKIP code
4d5.8The Kanji Dictionary
3402.7Four corner code
950deroo
70baUnicode hex code
1-16-57JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
138Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3411New Nelson (John Haig)
3577New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4395Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2225Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2994Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1918Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2067Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1137A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1005Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
977Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
18981PMorohashi
1003A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1484Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1581Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1514Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1277Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
446crowley
736Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1274Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1937Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wei4, wei2Pinyin reading
wiKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
35WaniKani level