Verbs: Yodan vs. Ichidan

In Japanese language, we devide verbs into 3 groups: ICHIDAN, YODAN, and irregular. The name is related to how those verbs conjugate; in other words, we say ICHIDAN conjugation, YODAN conjugation, and irregular conjugation. Let's look at some paterns of the verbs for ICHIDAN and YODAN. Also, I will give two irregular verbs.


ICHIDAN verbs always end with IRU or ERU.

**Exceptions are:
HAIRU: to enter
HASHIRU: to run
IRU: to need
KAERU: to return
KAGIRU: to limit
KIRU: to cut
SHABERU: to chatter
SHIRU: to know

***There may be a few more exceptions. If you find them, please post the coments.
***The exception verbs are all YODAN

Other than that, all the verbs are YODAN verbs except KURU and SURU which are the irregular verbs.

Irregular Verbs are KURU(to come) and SURU(to do).
**SURU is used very often in Japanese because it is used to make many nouns to make into verbs. Here are some examples:
BENKYOU SURU: to study
RYOKOU SURU: to travel
DANSU SURU: to dance