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Irregular Verbs

There are only two irregular verbs in Japanese. Their dictionary forms are:

kuru 　来る　come
suru　する　do

The verb suru is combined with nouns to make a noun into a verb, it is also attached to foreign loan words.

benkyou    勉強    (study)    benkyou suru    勉強する　study
yushutsu    輸出    (export)    yushutsu suru   輸出する    export
doraibu    ドライブ    (drive)    doraibu suru    ドライブする    drive
dansu    ダンス    (dance)    dansu suru    ダンスする    dance