[Verb] Transitive verbs: Meaning and Example Sentences

A type of verb that describe actions affecting not only the doer but also other things or people, and require a direct object marked by the particle を.
It is important to distinguish transitive verbs from their counterpart, intransitive verbs, which describe actions affecting only the doer and do not require a direct object to complete.

私(わたし)は、家(いえ)のドアを開(あ)けます。

I open the door to my house.
母(はは)は、汚(よご)れた服(ふく)を洗(あら)っています。

My mother is washing dirty clothes.
私(わたし)は、弟(おとうと)の写真(しゃしん)を撮(と)った。

I take a picture of my younger brother.
寝(ね)るので、部屋(へや)の電気(でんき)を消(け)した。

I turned off the room light because I'm going to sleep.
暑(あつ)いので、部屋(へや)の窓(まど)を開(あ)けました。

I opened the window in the room because it's hot.
私(わたし)は、お皿(さら)を洗(あら)いました。

I washed the dishes.
兄(あに)が、父(ちち)のパソコンを壊(こわ)しました。

My older brother broke my father's computer.
ええ。でも、この頃(ごろ)、竹(たけ)の枝(えだ)を折(お)る人(ひと)もいるそうです。

Yes. But these days, I hear that there are people who break bamboo branches.
でも、今(いま)も、誰(だれ)かが世話(せわ)をしていると思(おも)います。

But I think someone is still taking care of them now.

Transitive verbs