Confused on verb conjuation U-verbs ru-verbs or godan ones?


I am doing japaneese N5 lessons for second time and I get REALLY confused. As
far as I know there are 3 categories of verbs:

  * Irregular verbs
  * Ichidan verbs
  * Godan verbs

But the sensei tells us that there are the following categories:

  * Irregular ones
  * U-verbs
  * RU-verbs

And I got pretty much confused on this issue: which is the appropriate one
classification, are U-verbs just godan ones or not?




The terminology generally used to teach Japanese grammar to foreign language
students is different from the terminology used to teach Japanese grammar to
students in Japanese public school.

While the concept of "U-verbs", "RU-verbs", etc. are commonly taught to
foreign language students, Japanese public school students only learn Godan,
Ichidan, etc.

Broadly speaking:

  * **U-verbs** are Godan Verbs（五段活用動詞{ごだんかつようどうし}）
  * **RU-verbs** are Ichidan Verbs（下一段{しもいちだん}活用動詞、上一段{かみいちだん}活用動詞）
  * **Irregular Verbs** are like "suru"（サ行変格{ぎょうへんかく}活用動詞）、"kuru"（カ行変格活用動詞）、etc.




The terminology generally used to teach Japanese grammar to foreign language
students is different from the terminology used to teach Japanese grammar to
students in Japanese public school.

While the concept of "U-verbs", "RU-verbs", etc. are commonly taught to
foreign language students, Japanese public school students only learn Godan,
Ichidan, etc.

Broadly speaking:

  * **U-verbs** are Godan Verbs（五段活用動詞{ごだんかつようどうし}）
  * **RU-verbs** are Ichidan Verbs（下一段{しもいちだん}活用動詞、上一段{かみいちだん}活用動詞）
  * **Irregular Verbs** are like "suru"（サ行変格{ぎょうへんかく}活用動詞）、"kuru"（カ行変格活用動詞）、etc.

