List: Godan verb with 'u' ending
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be crowded with people, to be bustling with
- to prosper, to flourish, to do thriving business
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to crawl, to creep, to go on all fours
- to slither, to wriggle
- to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.), to spread, to creep
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to protect (someone), to look after (e.g. an injured leg), to defend, to cover for, to stand up for, to stick up for
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to meet up (as arranged), to rendezvous, to get together
- to join (of roads, rivers, etc.), to flow together
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to loiter, to putter, to prowl, to wander about, to roam about, to knock around
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to hesitate, to waver
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to sweep away, to wash away, to dredge
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to make war (on), to wage war (against), to go to war (with), to fight (with), to do battle (against)
- to compete (against)
- to struggle (against adversities, etc.), to fight, to contend, to resist
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be fragrant, to smell (good)
- to stink, to smell (bad)
- to glow, to be bright
- to smack of, to show hints of
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to strike back at, to bite back, to turn on, to rise against, to oppose, to defy