popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to compose (a Japanese poem), to write, to use as the theme of a poem
- to recite (e.g. a poem), to chant, to intone
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to cross (e.g. road), to traverse
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to accustom, to train (e.g. one's ear)
- to tame, to domesticate, to train (an animal)
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to offer, to sacrifice, to dedicate
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to compete, to contend, to vie, to contest
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to bend, to crook, to bow, to curve, to curl
- to lean, to tilt, to incline, to slant
- to bend (the truth), to distort, to twist, to pervert
- to yield (a point), to depart (from a principle), to ignore (what one really thinks)
- to pawn
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to show off, to flaunt
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb auxiliary verb
- to show, to display
- to make (something or someone) look ..., to present an appearance of ...
- to make (something) worth watching, to be entertaining
- to have (something) looked at (by a specialist), to have (an antique, etc.) appraised
- to have (an injury, person, etc.) looked at (by a doctor), to take (someone) to a doctor
- to make a show of (doing), to do in a conspicuous manner, to do in view of others
- to resolve to do, to do at any cost, to show others that one will ...
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N2 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to sit (down)
popular JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to interfere (with), to hinder, to be hindered (from doing), to become impeded, to have difficulty, to suffer inconvenience