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+# Regular verb classes
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+Contrary to the typical way these classes I presented, I opt for treating only nidan and yodan as "regular" verb classes, with the reasoning being these are the only classes which don't have only a small fixed number of verbs belonging to it. Additionally, the irregular verb classes can almost always be traced down as a variant/hybrid of the regular classes
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+## Yodan (~75% of verbs)
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+| form | suffix | example |
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+| root | -ø | yom |
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+| mizen | -a | yom-a |
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+| ren'you | -i | yom-i |
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+| shuushi | -u | yom-u |
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+| rentai | -u | yom-u |
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+| izen | -e | yom-e |
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+| meirei | -e | yom-e |
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+## Shimo-nidan (~20% of verbs)
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+## Kami-nidan (~5% of verbs)
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+# Irregular verb classes
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+## Ichidan
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+The ichidan class is closed, as the vast majority of modern ichidan verbs actually come from nidan
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