1A part of speech that expresses actions, states, or events — a verb; verbs typically conjugate to show tense, negation, politeness, etc.
日本語の動詞は語尾が変わって時制や丁寧さを表す。
Japanese verbs change their endings to express tense and politeness.
「食べる」は動詞で、「楽しい」は形容詞だ。
'Taberu' is a verb, while 'tanoshii' is an adjective.
この文には動詞が二つある。
There are two verbs in this sentence.
動詞の活用を覚えるのが日本語学習の第一歩だ。
Memorizing verb conjugations is the first step in learning Japanese.