為 — do, change, make, benefit, welfare, be of use, reach to, try, practice, cost, serve as, good, advantage, as a result of

Readings

On'yomi

イ

Kun'yomi

ためな.るな.すす.るたりつく.るなり

Example words

• 行為こういact; deed; conduct
• 為替かわせ(1) money order; draft (2) exchange (e.g. foreign)
• 為ため(1) good; advantage; benefit; welfare (2) sake; purpose; objective; aim (3) consequence; result; effect (4) affecting; regarding; concerning
• 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
• 為さるなさるto do
• 為るする(1) to do (2) to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into) (3) to serve as; to act as; to work as (4) to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.) (5) to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as (6) to decide on; to choose (7) 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
• その為そのためhence; for that reason