List: Godan verb with 'ru' ending (irregular verb)
popular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb auxiliary verb
- to be, to exist, to live
- to have
- to be located
- to be equipped with
- to happen, to come about
- to exist (in a completed state), to be (something unchanged in its current state)
popular formal or literary term copula godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- be, is
popular usually written using kana alone expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- (for something) to have occurred, to have done (something)
- (for something) to happen on occasion
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case)
- to be ... or something
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- it is written that ..., ... is written, it says ..., it reads ...
proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- do not despair because you are the last to take your pick, you can find treasures in leftovers, one man's trash is another's treasure
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- it says ..., it reads ..., ... is written
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to be evasive, to be not entirely truthful, to not be frank
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to be hard to deal with, to be an eccentric, to be idiosyncratic
search-only kanji form expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to have a limit, to go too far (e.g. of a joke)