popular irregular kanji usage JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to lose (something)
- to get rid of, to eliminate, to remove, to eradicate, to abolish
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to abbreviate, to omit
- to take, to capture
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature), to let cool
- to dampen, to throw a damper on, to spoil
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to hint at, to intimate, to suggest, to allude to, to imply
popular irregular okurigana usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to blur, to shade off, to gradate
- to obscure, to make ambiguous
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to speak ill of, to disparage
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to trick, to cheat, to deceive
- to coax, to wheedle, to soothe and humor (humour)
popular rarely used kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to intimidate, to frighten, to scare
- to threaten (e.g. peace), to jeopardize, to endanger, to imperil
popular obsolete kanji godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to light (a candle, lamp, etc.), to turn on (a light)
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to take down, to bring down, to lower (a hand, flag, shutter, etc.), to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.), to let down (hair), to launch (a boat)
- to drop off (a passenger), to let off, to unload (goods, a truck, etc.), to offload, to discharge
- to withdraw (money)
- to use for the first time, to wear for the first time
- to cut off, to fillet (fish), to grate (e.g. radish), to prune (branches)
- to remove (someone from a position), to oust, to drop
- to clear (the table), to remove (offerings from an altar), to pass down (e.g. old clothes), to hand down
- to expel from the body (e.g. worms), to abort (a fetus)
- to invoke (a spirit), to call down