List: Godan verb with 'ru' ending
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to approach, to draw near
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb
- to give up all thoughts of, to abandon, to despair of
- to make up one's mind, to take a momentous decision
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to manage, to control, to supervise, to oversee, to command
- to crack down on, to keep under strict control, to enforce, to regulate
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb sumo
- to take off, to jump, to leap
- to take the plunge, to decide, to embark on, to venture into, to launch out into
- to step out of the ring
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be sticky, to be adhesive
- to persevere, to persist, to stick to, to hold out, to linger
popular obsolete reading search-only kanji form JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to stop (in one's tracks), to come to a stop, to halt, to pause, to stand still
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to diffuse, to spread throughout, to prevail, to become widespread, to reach everyone
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to take (trouble), to attend (to business), to command (army)
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to reel, to wind, to spin (thread)
- to turn (pages), to flip through (a book), to leaf through (a book), to consult (a dictionary), to refer to (an encyclopedia)
- to count (e.g. the days)
- to open one-by-one, to close one-by-one (e.g. shutters)
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become blunt, to grow dull
- to become less capable, to weaken, to falter