List: Godan verb with 'ru' ending
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be lost (e.g. luggage), to be missing
- to be used up, to be run out, to be exhausted, to be consumed, to be reduced to zero, to not occur any more
- to disappear (e.g. pain), to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be profitable, to yield a profit
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
- to be manipulated, to dance to someone's tune
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be popular, to come into fashion
- to be prevalent, to spread widely (e.g. disease), to be endemic
- to flourish, to thrive
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to collect, to gather, to save, to accumulate, to pile up
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to pity, to sympathize with, to sympathise with, to treat with sympathy, to console, to be kind to
- to tend to (e.g. an injury), to care for, to nurse, to soothe
- to appreciate, to recognize (someone's efforts), to reward for
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb colloquial
- to finger, to touch, to play with, to fiddle with, to toy with
- to make changes to, to tinker with, to tamper with
- to dabble in, to do as a hobby, to play around with
- to tease, to make fun of
- to grope, to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to leak, to run out
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb
- to groan, to moan
- to roar, to howl, to growl
- to hum (engine, wind, etc.), to buzz, to whiz, to sough, to make a low, dull sound
- to ooh and aah (in admiration)
- to sing in a strong, low voice (esp. traditional chant or recitation)
- to be about to burst, to overflow
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to scoff, to laugh at, to make fun of, to ridicule, to jeer at