popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb slang
- to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.), to dish out, to dish up, to fill (a bowl) with
- to pile up, to heap up, to fill up, to stack up
- to administer (medicine, poison), to dose out, to prescribe
- to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
- to mark out (e.g. scale), to graduate (e.g. thermometer)
- to exaggerate, to apply heavy makeup
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone humble language godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb auxiliary verb
- to be (animate), to be, to exist
- to be ...-ing
- to (have the audacity to) do
popular obsolete kanji godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to shake, to jolt, to rock (cradle), to swing
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb
- to rely on, to depend on, to count on, to turn to (for help)
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb baseball
- to pull, to draw, to pull tight
- to string (lines), to run (cable), to stretch
- to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve)
- to drag, to haul, to tow
- to lead (e.g. one's followers)
- to take someone somewhere (e.g. a suspect to the police)
- to tempt into joining, to strongly invite to join
- to delay, to prolong
- to lengthen the pronunciation (of a word)
- to quote, to cite, to reference
- to pull the ball
- to wear, to put on
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to take home, to carry home, to bring back home, to take out (e.g. food)
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to clasp, to grasp, to grip, to clutch
- to hold (the answer), to have (e.g. the solution), to be the key, to be the reason
- to seize (power), to hold (the reins), to dominate, to control
- to make (nigirizushi, rice ball, etc.), to form (with one's hands), to press into shape, to mold, to mould
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to decrease (in size or number), to diminish, to abate
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to spread, to be propagated
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to shave (wood, leather, etc.), to sharpen (e.g. pencil), to plane, to whittle, to pare, to scrape off, to erode
- to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.), to curtail, to reduce
- to delete, to erase, to remove, to cross out, to strike out