List: godan verb (archaic)
All kinds of godan verbs (archaic)
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to take (by force), to take away, to snatch, to steal, to rob (someone) of, to dispossess of, to deprive of, to usurp
- to absorb (one's attention), to fascinate, to captivate, to charm, to dazzle
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb baseball
- to herd, to drive, to chase, to corral
- to corner, to force someone into doing
- to go hard, to push yourself, to make a last charge
- to run on (e.g. lines in printing)
- to have two strikes
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to chase, to run after, to pursue, to follow after
- to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.)
- to drive out, to get rid of, to oust, to expel
- to drive (e.g. a herd)
- to be pressed (e.g. for time)
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb honorific language intransitive verb
- to carry, to transport, to move, to convey
- to come, to go
- to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.), to move
- to carry out, to proceed with, to arrange
- to go (well, etc.), to proceed, to progress
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb baseball
- to kill, to slay, to murder, to slaughter
- to suppress, to block, to hamper, to destroy (e.g. talent), to eliminate (e.g. an odour), to spoil (e.g. a flavour), to kill (e.g. one's speed)
- to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.), to hold back, to stifle (a yawn, laugh, etc.), to hold (one's breath)
- to put out (a runner)
- to pawn, to put in hock
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to lose
- to miss (a chance, opportunity)
- to lose (a loved one), to be bereaved of
- to concede (goals, points, etc.)
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to take, to pick up, to grab, to catch, to hold
- to pass, to hand, to give
- to get, to obtain, to acquire, to win, to receive, to earn, to take (e.g. a vacation)
- to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.), to take (a measure, attitude, etc.), to choose
- to remove, to get rid of, to take off
- to take away, to steal, to rob
- to eat, to have (e.g. lunch), to take (e.g. vitamins)
- to pick (e.g. flowers), to gather, to extract (e.g. juice), to catch (e.g. fish), to harvest (a crop)
- to take up (time, space), to occupy, to spare, to set aside
- to secure, to reserve, to save, to put aside, to keep
- to take (e.g. a joke), to interpret, to understand, to make out, to grasp
- to record, to take down
- to subscribe to (e.g. a newspaper), to take, to buy, to get
- to order, to have delivered
- to charge, to fine, to take (tax)
- to take (e.g. a wife), to take on (e.g. an apprentice), to adopt, to accept
- to take control of, to take (the rudder)
- to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.), to play
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to send, to dispatch, to forward, to transmit, to ship, to remit
- to see (someone) off, to escort, to accompany, to take
- to bid farewell to (the departed), to say goodbye to, to bury
- to spend (time), to pass, to lead (a life), to live
- to pass (on, along), to advance (a runner)
- to affix (okurigana)
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb shogi
- to hit, to strike, to knock, to beat, to punch, to slap, to tap, to bang, to clap, to pound
- to strike (noon, etc.), to sound (cymbals, etc.), to beat (a drum, etc.)
- to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.)
- to move, to impress, to touch
- to drive in, to hammer in, to put in, to inject, to vaccinate
- to type, to send, to transmit
- to insert, to write in, to mark
- to make (noodles, etc.), to prepare
- to till (soil)
- to sprinkle, to throw, to cast
- to do, to carry out, to play, to perform, to engage in (gambling, etc.)
- to pay (a deposit, etc.)
- to visit (on a pilgrimage)
- to line (a coat)
- to bind (a criminal)
- to drop (a piece)
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to throw, to fling, to hurl, to toss
- to neglect, to abandon, to leave alone, to give up on, to leave undone, to leave unfinished