List: Godan verb with 'ru' ending
godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to perform, to play, to act
godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to look old-fashioned, to be antique-looking
colloquial familiar language godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to be fat
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to puzzle over, to think deeply about, to rack one's brains over (wrack)
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to be punctual
godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to follow (someone) around, to cling (to), to dog, to hound, to harry, to pursue
godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to snatch, to grab, to steal
- to charge (an exorbitant price) for
search-only kanji form colloquial godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to tie up (roughly; esp. to prevent escape), to bind, to arrest
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to chop, to cut off, to chop off, to hack off
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to pluck (e.g. an apple), to pick, to tear off (e.g. a ticket stub), to break off (e.g. a branch)