To recap, the verb stem is the polite form of the verb with the ます removed.
| Verb | Dictionary | Polite | Stem |
| to go | |||
| to eat | |||
| to do | する | します | し〜 |
We can use the verb stem with the kanji 方 to say “way of doing something”—an especially handy phrase when you first set foot in the Japan and there are many things you don’t yet know.
| Please show me the correct way to do this. |
| The teacher has an amusing way of speaking. |
| このマシンの |
| I don’t know the way to use this machine. |