List: Godan verb with 'u' ending
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to sew, to stitch
- to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
popular vulgar expression or word godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to eat, to drink, to wolf, to knock back
- to receive (e.g. a blow)
- to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable), to undergo (trouble)
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to compete (with each other), to contend for, to vie for, to rival
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be matched against (in a sports contest)
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb auxiliary verb
- to desire, to wish, to hope
- to beg, to request, to implore, to pray
- to have something done for oneself
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to make up for, to compensate for, to indemnify, to recompense, to redeem (e.g. a fault), to atone for
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb
- to be mistaken, to be incorrect, to be wrong
- to make a mistake (in), to do incorrectly, to get wrong
- to mistake (one thing with another), to confuse
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to embrace each other
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to choose at one's own discretion
- to choose when to do something, to estimate (the time for something)
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 male term godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb colloquial vulgar expression or word
- to eat
- to live, to make a living, to survive
- to bite, to sting (as insects do)
- to tease, to torment, to taunt, to make light of, to make fun of
- to encroach on, to eat into, to consume
- to defeat a superior, to threaten a position
- to consume time, to consume resources
- to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)
- to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time