popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to bewilder, to perplex, to puzzle, to delude, to mislead, to deceive
- to tempt, to seduce
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to warm oneself, to sun oneself, to warm up, to get warm
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to copy, to duplicate, to reproduce, to trace, to transcribe
- to describe, to depict, to portray, to express
- to imitate, to model after
- to take (a photo), to photograph, to film, to shoot
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks), to grip (from both sides)
- to put between, to sandwich between, to insert, to interpose
- to catch (e.g. a finger in a door), to trap, to pinch
- to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings), to interpose (e.g. an objection), to interject, to throw in (e.g. a joke)
- to be on either side of (a road, table, etc.), to have between each other, to be across (a street, river, etc.)
- to harbour (feelings), to cast (e.g. doubt)
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to employ, to hire, to take on
- to charter (a car, boat, etc.), to hire
popular irregular okurigana search-only kanji form JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb expression
- to come down, to go down, to fall, to drop, to sink, to get lower
- to hang, to dangle
- to move back, to step back, to withdraw, to retire
- to deteriorate, to fall off, to be downgraded
- to get closer to the present day
- below, south of
popular JLPT N3 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to add, to add up, to sum up, to append, to annex
- to increase, to gather (e.g. speed), to pick up
- to include, to count in, to let join
- to inflict (damage), to deal, to give
popular JLPT N2 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be disconnected, to get out of place, to be off, to be out (e.g. of gear)
- to miss the mark, to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation), to draw a blank (e.g. lottery)
- to be removed, to be excluded
- to be contrary to, to go against
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to starve, to be famished, to be hungry
- to be starved of (e.g. love), to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge), to be hungry for
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.), to inherit, to take over, to follow
- to patch (clothes), to mend, to repair
- to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire), to replenish with, to feed with, to follow up with (e.g. remarks), to gather (one's breath)