List: godan verb (archaic)
All kinds of godan verbs (archaic)
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be inferior to, to be less good at, to fall behind
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to get better, to get well, to recover (from an illness), to be cured, to be restored, to heal
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to increase, to add to, to augment
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to discuss fully, to discuss from every angle, to deal exhaustively with (an issue)
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to meet (the enemy) and attack, to engage (the approaching enemy), to confront, to intercept
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb usually written using kana alone sports
- to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.), to puff on, to puff out (smoke)
- to rev (an engine), to race
- to put on (an air of), to act in a ... way, to behave as, to play (the role of)
- to shoot (a ball) too high, to blast over the bar
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to contribute jointly
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to lead, to take the lead (in doing something)
- to precede, to go before, to take precedence
- to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.)
- to be a prerequisite
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb idiomatic expression
- to leave the nest
- to go out into the world, to become independent (of one's parents), to graduate (and become a member of society)
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to cut (cloth, paper, etc.), to cut off
- to sever (ties), to break off (relations), to give up (an attachment, habit, etc.), to stop (e.g. a vicious cycle)
- to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.), to block, to break up (e.g. an intelligence network)