List: Godan verb with 'gu' ending
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.), to inherit, to take over, to follow
- to patch (clothes), to mend, to repair
- to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire), to replenish with, to feed with, to follow up with (e.g. remarks), to gather (one's breath)
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to defend against, to protect against
- to prevent, to avert, to avoid
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to pass down (a story) from generation to generation, to hand down
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.), to make a connection, to change (planes, trains, etc.)
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to look up (at)
- to look up to, to respect, to revere
- to ask for (e.g. guidance), to seek, to turn to (someone) for
- to depend on, to rely on
- to gulp down, to quaff, to drink
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to shake, to waver, to tremble
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to soften, to calm down, to be eased, to be mitigated, to subside, to abate
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to spin, to make yarn
- to spin (a tale), to assemble (e.g. words), to put together
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become brilliant, to become cheerful
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to shoulder, to carry on one's shoulder
- to nominate for a position, to choose as a representative
- to take (someone) for a ride, to deceive, to take in
- to be caught up in superstition