List: Godan verb with 'ru' ending
popular JLPT N4 humble language usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to go, to come, to call
- to be defeated, to collapse, to die
- to be annoyed, to be nonplussed
- to be madly in love
- to visit (shrine, grave)
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 humble language godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to hear, to be told, to know
- to receive (order), to undertake, to comply, to take (a reservation, etc.)
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb
- to pile up, to accumulate
- to estimate
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to operate (e.g. a machine), to handle, to manage, to control, to maneuver, to steer
- to have a good command of (a language), to play proficiently (of a musical instrument)
- to work (a puppet), to pull the strings of a puppet
- to manipulate (a person, public opinion, etc.), to pull the strings, to control from the shadows, to mastermind
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to carve, to engrave, to sculpt, to chisel
- to tattoo
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to fish, to angle, to catch
- to lure in, to tempt, to attract, to entice, to allure
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb baseball transitive verb
- to be hit, to strike
- to touch, to be in contact, to be affixed
- to be equivalent to, to be applicable, to apply to
- to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
- to be selected (in a lottery, etc.), to win
- to be successful, to go well, to be a hit
- to face, to confront
- to lie (in the direction of)
- to undertake, to be assigned
- to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.), to be afflicted
- to be called on (e.g. by a teacher)
- to treat (esp. harshly), to lash out at
- to be unnecessary
- to be hitting well, to be on a hitting streak
- to feel a bite (in fishing)
- (of fruit, etc.) to be bruised, to spoil
- to feel (something) out, to probe into, to check (i.e. by comparison)
- to shave
- to be a relative of a person, to be a ... in relation to ..., to stand in a relationship
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to regain one's footing, to get back on one's feet
- to recover, (of the market) to improve
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become quiet, to quiet down, to quieten down
- to calm down, to die down, to subside, to abate, to be suppressed
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be distant