popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to lend, to loan, to let out on hire
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to carve, to engrave, to sculpt, to chisel
- to tattoo
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to fish, to angle, to catch
- to lure in, to tempt, to attract, to entice, to allure
popular JLPT N3 suru verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to fit, to suit
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb baseball transitive verb
- to be hit, to strike
- to touch, to be in contact, to be affixed
- to be equivalent to, to be applicable, to apply to
- to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
- to be selected (in a lottery, etc.), to win
- to be successful, to go well, to be a hit
- to face, to confront
- to lie (in the direction of)
- to undertake, to be assigned
- to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.), to be afflicted
- to be called on (e.g. by a teacher)
- to treat (esp. harshly), to lash out at
- to be unnecessary
- to be hitting well, to be on a hitting streak
- to feel a bite (in fishing)
- (of fruit, etc.) to be bruised, to spoil
- to feel (something) out, to probe into, to check (i.e. by comparison)
- to shave
- to be a relative of a person, to be a ... in relation to ..., to stand in a relationship
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to regain one's footing, to get back on one's feet
- to recover, (of the market) to improve
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb archaic
- to fall down, to fall over
- to turn out, to play out
- to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism), to apostatize
- to roll, to tumble
- (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become quiet, to quiet down, to quieten down
- to calm down, to die down, to subside, to abate, to be suppressed
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to catch, to capture, to arrest, to seize, to restrain
- to grab, to clutch, to grasp, to seize, to hold on to
- to catch hold of (someone), to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street), to hail (a taxi, waiter, etc.), to hold (someone) back, to detain
- towards (someone), at (someone), in (someone's) face
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to drink, to gulp, to swallow, to take (medicine)
- to smoke (tobacco)
- to engulf, to overwhelm
- to keep down, to suppress
- to accept (e.g. demand, condition)
- to make light of, to conceal