List: verb (generic)
All kinds of Japanese verbs
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N2 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to branch, to fork, to diverge
- to separate, to split, to divide
- to disperse, to scatter
popular JLPT N2 suru verb verb (generic) intransitive verb mathematics transitive verb
- to touch, to come in contact with, to border on, to adjoin, to be adjacent, to be close
- to receive (e.g. visitor), to attend to, to serve, to take care of, to look after, to act towards, to deal with, to see
- to receive (news), to get, to hear
- to encounter, to come across
- to be tangent to
- to make touch, to bring into contact with, to bring adjacent to, to bring close, to connect
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to run
- to run (of a vehicle), to drive, to travel, to move, to sail
- to rush (to), to dash, to race
- to retreat, to flee, to defect (to)
- to run away, to abscond, to elope
- to flash (of lightning), to streak, to shoot (through; e.g. of pain), to run (through), to flare, to flit (e.g. across one's face), to spread quickly (of news, shock, etc.)
- to go (e.g. bad, to extremes), to become, to turn, to take to (e.g. crime), to get carried away by (e.g. one's emotions), to get involved in, to get wrapped up in
- to run (through; of a road, street, etc.), to extend (e.g. of a mountain range), to stretch, to lie
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to refuse, to reject, to dismiss, to turn down, to decline
- to inform, to give notice, to tell in advance
- to ask leave, to excuse oneself (from)
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to fall (over, down), to collapse, to take a fall, to topple
- to be destroyed (in a collapse), to collapse, to cave in, to crumble, to give away
- to be confined to bed (with an illness), to come down with, to break down (e.g. from overwork)
- to die, to be killed
- to go bankrupt (of a company, bank, etc.), to fail, to collapse, to go under
- to be defeated (in a game), to lose
- to fall (of a government, dictator, etc.), to be overthrown
popular JLPT N3 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to hit
- to expose
- to apply (e.g. patch), to put on, to put against, to hold on, to hold against
- to allot, to call on someone (e.g. in class)
- to guess (an answer)
- to make a hit (e.g. in a lottery)
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to buy, to purchase
- to value (highly), to think highly of, to have a high opinion of, to appreciate, to recognize
- to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.), to elicit (e.g. sneers), to invite (e.g. scorn), to evoke, to arouse, to win (someone's favour)
- to accept, to take on, to take up
- to pay for (a prostitute, geisha, etc.)
popular JLPT N1 noun or participle taking the aux. verb ãã verb (generic) noun (generic) intransitive verb
- to be a match for, to rival, to equal, to compare with, to be equivalent to
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to tell (a story), to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.), to relate, to recount
- to tell of, to show, to indicate, to prove, to attest to
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to invite, to ask (someone to do), to call (for), to take (someone) along
- to tempt, to lure, to entice, to seduce
- to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.), to arouse (e.g. sympathy), to provoke