How to say "commit" in Japanese

• 犯すおかすJLPT N1approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbThe verb for committing a crime or similar wrongdoing; it can also mean to make a mistake. Reach for it when English 'commit' takes a crime or offense as its object.
  ビルはその罪つみを犯おかしていなかった。↗

  Bill did not commit the crime.
• やらかすCommon
  godan verb, transitive verbA colloquial verb meaning to do something negative or to screw up; its overlap with 'commit' is the 'commit an error' sense. It fits casual talk about blunders and mistakes.
  ダンというのは全まったくハズれた奴やつだ。次つぎに何なんをやらかすか見当けんとうもつかない。↗

  Dan's completely off the wall; you can't predict what he's going to do next.
• なすJLPT N2approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbA general verb meaning to do, carry out, or bring about something; 'commit' is only a broad secondary sense, and for a crime or an error it is seldom the word you want.
  仮かりにも為なす価値かちがあるものならば何なんでも良よく為なす価値かちがある。↗

  Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
• コミットCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbA loanword for the computing sense: to commit data or changes, as in data management and version control. It does not apply to crimes, mistakes, or any other everyday sense of 'commit'.

For 'commit', choose 「犯す」 for crimes and wrongdoing, 「やらかす」 for colloquial talk of blunders and errors, 「なす」 only in its broad 'do, carry out' sense, and 「コミット」 exclusively for data management and version control.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 犯すおかすto commit (e.g. crime)
• やらかすto do (something negative)
• なすto do
• 出来すでかすto do
• 働くはたらくto commit (e.g. a crime)
• 演ずるえんずるto commit (a blunder)
• コミットcommit (data management, version control)
• 演じるえんじるto commit (e.g. a blunder)
• 作るつくるto commit (a sin, etc.)
• なすto do