List: Godan verb with 'ru' ending
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb
- to weather (a storm, rough seas), to ride across, to sail across
- to get through (adversity), to weather, to get over, to tide over, to overcome, to survive
- to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be at one's wits' end, to be cornered, to be in a fix, to be in a desperate situation, to be in a pinch, to be in a predicament, to be packed to the hilt
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be breathtaking, to be stifling
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb colloquial
- to slide, to glide, to skate, to ski
- to slip, to skid
- to be slippery
- to fail (an examination)
- to lose (a position), to be demoted
- to bomb (when telling a joke), to fall flat
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb auxiliary verb pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- to leave, to go away
- to pass, to elapse
- to be distant
- to send away, to drive off, to divorce
- to (do) completely
- last ... (e.g. "last April")
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to swell, to rise, to bulge, to be piled up
- to rouse, to get excited
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb dated term intransitive verb
- to neglect, to be negligent in, to be neglectful of, to fail to do, to leave undone, to avoid (doing), to shirk, to be unmindful of
- to improve (of an illness), to get better
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to dress up
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to stay at (e.g. hotel)
- to be docked, to be berthed, to be moored
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to spur on, to urge forward, to impel
- to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)