List: godan verb (archaic)
All kinds of godan verbs (archaic)
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to buy, to purchase
- to value (highly), to think highly of, to have a high opinion of, to appreciate, to recognize
- to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.), to elicit (e.g. sneers), to invite (e.g. scorn), to evoke, to arouse, to win (someone's favour)
- to accept, to take on, to take up
- to pay for (a prostitute, geisha, etc.)
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to tell (a story), to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.), to relate, to recount
- to tell of, to show, to indicate, to prove, to attest to
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to invite, to ask (someone to do), to call (for), to take (someone) along
- to tempt, to lure, to entice, to seduce
- to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.), to arouse (e.g. sympathy), to provoke
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to announce, to tell, to sentence, to order
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to strike, to hit, to beat, to punch
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb mahjong go (game) suffix
- to cut, to cut through, to perform (surgery)
- to sever (connections, ties)
- to turn off (e.g. the light)
- to terminate (e.g. a conversation), to hang up (the phone), to disconnect
- to punch (a ticket), to tear off (a stub)
- to open (something sealed)
- to start
- to set (a limit), to do (something) in less or within a certain time, to issue (cheques, vouchers, etc.)
- to reduce, to decrease, to discount
- to shake off (water, etc.), to let drip-dry, to let drain
- to cross, to traverse
- to criticize sharply
- to act decisively, to do (something noticeable), to go first, to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki)
- to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.)
- to curl (a ball), to bend, to cut
- to shuffle (cards)
- to discard a tile
- to dismiss, to sack, to let go, to expel, to excommunicate
- to dig (a groove), to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph)
- to trump
- to cut (the connection between two groups)
- to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone)
- to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)
- to do completely, to finish doing
- to be completely ..., to be totally ..., to be terribly ...
- to do clearly, to do decisively, to do firmly
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to compete, to contest, to contend
- to quarrel, to argue, to dispute, to be at variance, to oppose
- to deny (e.g. evidence)
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to ferry across (e.g. a river), to carry across, to traverse
- to lay across, to build across
- to hand over, to hand in, to pass, to give, to transfer
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb
- to become stronger, to grow in intensity, to grow violent, to become worse
- to invite contributions, etc., to solicit help, participation, etc., to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.), to meet (e.g. demands), to fulfill, to gratify
- to fill (e.g. a cup), to pack, to supply