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する · suru · JLPT N5 · verb-suru

to do

suru sounds like sure — Sure, I'll do it: suru = to do

Say sure quickly and you get suru, the all-purpose verb for doing. It also turns nouns into verbs: benkyou (study) + suru = to study. The same do stretches to putting on small items, as in nekutai o suru, to do up a necktie.

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