List: Godan verb with 'ku' ending
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to scatter, to sprinkle, to strew
- to distribute (flyers, etc.), to give out, to hand out
- to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.), to give the slip, to throw off, to lose, to get rid of
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to surround, to encircle, to enclose
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to remove, to deinstall, to take away, to set apart
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.), to assume, to be hired, to be employed
- to ascend (the throne), to accede
- to start (on a journey), to commence, to depart
- to study (under teacher), to be an apprentice
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to twinkle (e.g. stars), to flicker, to waver
- to blink (one's eyes), to wink, to bat
書くかくkakupopular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to write, to compose, to pen
- to draw, to paint
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to remove, to get rid of, to take away, to eliminate
- to exclude, to except, to leave out, to omit
- to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to invite, to ask
- to beckon, to wave someone in, to gesture to
- to call in, to send for, to summon
- to bring on oneself, to cause, to incur, to lead to, to result in
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to burn
- to roast, to broil, to grill, to bake, to toast, to barbecue
- to heat, to heat up
- to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.), to bake, to fire, to burn
- to tan (i.e. suntan), to burn
- to print (a photo), to burn (an optical disc)
- to be jealous of, to be envious of, to envy
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to omit, to leave out, to exclude, to eliminate
- to curtail, to save, to cut down, to economize, to economise