| 為 | す | to do (literary form of suru) |
| 為 | ため | 1: good; advantage; benefit; welfare; 2: sake; purpose; objective; aim; 3: consequence; result; effect; 4: affecting; regarding; concerning |
| 為る | する | 1: 2: to do; 3: to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); 4: to serve as; to act as; to work as; 5: to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); 6: to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; 7: to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); 8: to be (in a state, condition, etc.); 9: to be worth; to cost; 10: to pass (of time); to elapse; 11: verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); 12: creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); 13: to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to |
| 所為 | せい | cause; reason; fault |
| 為す | なす | 1: to build up; to establish; 2: to form; to become (a state); 3: to accomplish; to achieve; to succeed in; 4: to change into; 5: to do; to perform; 6: to intend to; to attempt; to try; 7: to have a child |
| 無為 | むい | idleness; inactivity |
| 有為 | うい | perpetual change caused by karma; vicissitudes of life; that which is made |
| 為手 | して | 1: doer; performer; 2: protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; leading part; main character |
| 為め | ため | 1: good; advantage; benefit; welfare; 2: sake; purpose; objective; aim; 3: consequence; result; effect; 4: affecting; regarding; concerning |
| 為り | なり | being promoted (shogi) |
| 為る | なる | 1: 2: to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; 3: to result in; to prove to be; 4: to consist of; to be composed of; 5: to succeed; to be complete; 6: to change into; to be exchanged for; 7: to play a role; 8: to be promoted (shogi); to do ... |
| 為替 | かわせ | 1: money order; draft; 2: exchange (e.g. foreign) |
| 行為 | こうい | act; deed; conduct |
| 人為 | じんい | human work; human agency; art; artificiality |
| 為政 | いせい | governing; administering |
| 云為 | うんい | sayings and doings; words and deeds |
| 営為 | えいい | business; occupation |
| 敢為 | かんい | daring |
| 作為 | さくい | 1: artificiality; 2: act; commission (of a crime) |
| 為着 | しきせ | livery; servant's clothes provided by employers |
| 為様 | しざま | way of doing |
| 為初 | しぞめ | 1: outset; beginning; starting (things); 2: resuming work after the New Year's vacation |
| 所為 | しょい | act; deed; one's doing |
| 為業 | しわざ | act; action; deed |
| 為に | ために | 1: for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; 2: because of; as a result of |
| 天為 | てんい | providential; natural |
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