List: Godan verb with 'ru' ending
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to colour, to color, to paint
- to apply make-up
- to decorate, to garnish, to adorn, to add flair
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to shake off, to shake free from
- to swing completely (bat, club, etc.), to take a full swing
- to break off from (pursuer), to pull away
- to reject (request), to ignore
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to take (a photograph)
- to record (audio or video), to film, to shoot
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.), to be contained within, to fall within (e.g. a budget)
- to settle down (into), to be installed (in one's rightful place), to be returned (to one's original position)
- to settle into (one's position), to take up (a post), to occupy (a role)
- to be delivered, to be paid (e.g. taxes)
- to be settled (dispute, conflict, etc.), to be sorted, to subside (e.g. wind), to calm down, to abate
- to be satisfied (e.g. with an answer), to consent, to agree
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be furnished with, to be provided with, to be equipped with
- to be possessed of, to be endowed with, to be gifted with
- to be among, to be one of
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb archaic
- to give one's name (as), to introduce oneself (as)
- to claim to be, to call oneself, to wear the title of
- to reveal oneself (as), to admit to being
- to adopt as one's name, to take (a name)
- to call out the goods one is selling
popular ateji godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to persevere, to persist, to keep at it, to hang on, to hold out, to do one's best
- to insist that, to stick to (one's opinion)
- to remain in a place, to stick to one's post, to refuse to budge
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become settled, to be fixed
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to brace one's legs, to stand firm, to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground)
- to hold out, to persist, to make an effort, to exert oneself
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to look after, to take care of, to keep, to hold on to, to keep in custody
- to be put in charge of, to be given responsibility for, to be entrusted with
- to withhold (an announcement), to reserve (judgment), to leave undecided
- to take upon oneself (to do), to settle (a matter) oneself