する
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Meanings
Suru verb
1. to do; to carry out; to perform (Usually kana)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into) (Usually kana)
3. to serve as; to act as; to work as (Usually kana)
4. to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.) (Usually kana)
5. to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as (Usually kana, as 〜にする,〜とする)
6. to decide on; to choose (Usually kana, as 〜にする)
Suru verb
Intransitive verb
7. to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) (Usually kana, as 〜がする)
8. to be (in a state, condition, etc.) (Usually kana)
9. to be worth; to cost (Usually kana)
10. to pass (of time); to elapse (Usually kana)
Suru verb
Transitive verb
11. to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B (Usually kana, as AをBにする)
12. to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B (Usually kana, as 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 kana, as AをBにする)
14. to feel A about B (Usually kana, as AをBにする)
Suffix
Suru verb
15. verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs") (Usually kana)
Auxiliary verb
Suru verb
16. creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go") (Usually kana)
17. to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to (Usually kana, as 〜うとする,〜ようとする)
Pitch accent
する
Examples26958
They will help you to get warm.
This soup smells horrible. Do you think it's gone off?
He used a headache as an excuse for leaving early.
He is leaving in three days.
All right. I'll take it.
He said, "I will say nothing more, because I hate making excuses."