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necessary

iru/irimasu roasts

kaeru/kaerimasu returns

kagiru/kagirimasu limits

keru/kerimasu kicks

kiru/kirimasu cuts

mairu/mairimasu goes

majiru/majirimasu mixes

nejiru/nejirimasu twists

neru/nerimasu kneads

nigiru/nigirimasu grasps,
takes

hold

shigeru/shigerimasu grows
thick

shikiru/shikirimasu divides

shiru/shirimasu knows

chats

shaberu/shaberimasu

suberu/suberimasu slides

teru/terimasu shines

4.5. Irregular verbs

There are only a few common verbs that have considerable

irregularities of inflection. The verbs kuru (kimasu) ‘comes’

and suru (shimasu) ‘does’ are irregular in the plain imperfect
itself. (We would expect something like *ki-ru and *shi-ru if

the verbs were regular.) Nearly everywhere else these verbs