popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to discuss, to talk together
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to cover, to hide, to conceal, to wrap, to disguise
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb suffix colloquial
- to end, to come to an end, to finish, to close, to be over
- to finish, to complete, to conclude
- to finish doing
- to be past its (one's) prime
- to be awful, to be terrible, to suck, to be hopeless
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be found, to be discovered
popular expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit), to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to run out of, to be short of, to be out of stock
- to be out of (e.g. breath), to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to emboss
- to print out, to print
- to work out (e.g. policy), to hammer out, to come out with, to set forth
- to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
- to begin striking, to start beating
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb
- to take one's leave, to excuse oneself, to leave, to depart
- to resign (from), to step down, to leave (one's position), to quit
- to decline, to turn down, to refuse
- to do unwaveringly, to be prepared to do, to not mind doing
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb sumo
- to wring (towel, rag), to squeeze
- to squeeze (fruit to extract juice), to press, to extract, to milk, to express milk
- to rack (one's brains), to strain (one's voice)
- to extort, to exploit
- to chew out, to reprimand severely, to rake over the coals, to give a sound scolding, to tell someone off, to scold, to rebuke
- to drill into, to train
- to narrow down (one's focus), to whittle down
- to gather up (curtain, etc.), to tighten (drawstring)
- to stop down (lens)
- to turn down (e.g. radio)
- to bend (bow), to draw
- to hold down, to constrict, to immobilize
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to plan, to attempt, to devise
- to plot, to conspire, to scheme
- to aim for, to strive for, to work towards, to seek
- to deceive, to trick, to take in