popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to cut (cloth, paper, etc.), to cut off
- to sever (ties), to break off (relations), to give up (an attachment, habit, etc.), to stop (e.g. a vicious cycle)
- to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.), to block, to break up (e.g. an intelligence network)
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to delay, to postpone, to put off, to slow down, to hold up, to retard, to put back (a clock)
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become complicated
popular search-only kanji form Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to grow old
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to attend on, to wait on, to accompany, to escort, to chaperone
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to boost, to force up, to push up
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to compete with, to vie for
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to fall completely silent, to become still as death
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be preeminent, to be outstanding
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb usually written using kana alone sports
- to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.), to puff on, to puff out (smoke)
- to rev (an engine), to race
- to put on (an air of), to act in a ... way, to behave as, to play (the role of)
- to shoot (a ball) too high, to blast over the bar