| consonant stem | vowel stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Example | yom.u (read) | hashir.u (run) | mi.ru (see) | tabe.ru (eat) |
| Negative | yom.anai | hashir.anai | mi.nai | tabe.nai |
| Polite form | yom.imasu | hashir.imasu | mi.masu | tabe.masu |
All of the vowel stem verbs end in either eru or iru. However, not all verbs ending in ''iru'' or ''eru'' are vowel stem verbs. For example, ''hashiru'', "run", is a consonant stem verb.
| Verb | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aseru | to hurry |
| azakeru | to ridicule |
| daberu | to chatter |
| eru | to carve |
| eru | to choose |
| eru | to ridicule |
| fukeru | to be absorbed in |
| fuseru | to hide, lie in ambush |
| haberu | to attend on |
| heru | to humble oneself |
| heru | to decrease |
| hineru | to twist |
| hirugaeru | to turn over, to wave |
| hoderu | to feel hot |
| hoteru | to flush, to feel hot |
| kaeru | to turn over |
| kaeru | to return |
| kaeru | to be hatched |
| kageru | to become cloudy |
| kakeru | to soar |
| keru | to kick |
| kuneru | to be crooked |
| kutsugaeru | to be overturned |
| meru | to decrease |
| neru | to temper, to refine, to knead (note that neru meaning "to sleep" is a vowel stem verb) |
| nomeru | to fall forward |
| numeru | to be slippery |
| omoneru | to flatter |
| seru | to compete |
| seseru | to pick, play with |
| shaberu | to talk |
| shigeru | to grow thick |
| shikeru | to become damp |
| soberu | to lie sprawled |
| suberu | to slip |
| takeru | to act violently |
| teru | to shine |
| tsumeru | to pinch |
| tsuneru | to pinch |
| uneru | to undulate |
| useru | to root with the nose |
| yomigaeru | to rise from the dead |
| Verb | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aburagiru | to be greasy |
| bibiru | to be surprised |
| chigiru | to pledge |
| chiru | to scatter |
| dojiru | to mess up |
| guchiru | to grumble |
| hairu | to enter |
| hashiru | to run |
| hiru | to winnow |
| hojiru | to pick, dig out |
| hotobashiru | to gush, spurt |
| ibiru | to torment, roast |
| ijiru | to fiddle with |
| ikiru | to become sultry |
| iru | to boil down |
| iru | to go in |
| iru | to need |
| iru | to roast |
| kagiru | to limit |
| kajiru | to gnaw |
| kashiru | to curse |
| kiru | to become misty |
| kiru | to cut |
| kishiru | to become misty |
| kishiru | to squeak, creak |
| kojiru | to gouge, wrench |
| kubiru | to grip, strangle |
| kujiru | to gouge, scoop |
| mairu | to come/go - humble |
| majiru | mingle |
| meiru | to feel depressed |
| mikubiru | to belittle; to despise |
| minagiru | to overflow |
| mogiru | to wrench |
| mojiru | to parody, to twist |
| mushiru | to pluck, to pick, to tear |
| najiru | to rebuke |
| nejiru | to twist |
| nigiru | to grasp |
| nijiru | to edge forward |
| nonoshiru | to abuse verbally |
| ochiiru | to fall, sink |
| omoiiru | to ponder, to contemplate |
| omoikiru | to dare to (usually in the form omoikitte or omoikitta.) |
| sebiru | to pester for |
| shiru | to know |
| soshiru | to slander |
| sujiru | to wriggle |
| tagiru | to boil, to seethe |
| tamagiru | to be frightened |
| tobashiru | to gush |
| tochiru | to muff lines |
| yajiru | to jeer at |
| yogiru | to pass by, to drop in |
| yojiru | to twist, distort |
| yokogiru | to traverse |