List: verb (generic)
All kinds of Japanese verbs
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to tear up, to tear off, to rip up, to tear to pieces
- to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.), to force apart, to tear apart
ๅผใใฒใhikupopular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb colloquial
- to pull, to tug, to lead (e.g. a horse)
- to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.), to attract (e.g. interest)
- to draw back (e.g. one's hand), to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.), to pull in
- to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
- to draw (a line, plan, etc.)
- to catch (a cold)
- to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
- to look up (in a dictionary, phone book, etc.), to consult, to check
- to haul, to pull (vehicles)
- to subtract, to deduct
- to recede, to ebb, to fade
- to be descend from, to inherit (a characteristic)
- to quote, to cite, to raise (as evidence)
- to lay on (electricity, gas, etc.), to install (e.g. a telephone), to supply (e.g. water)
- to hold (e.g. a note)
- to apply (e.g. lipstick), to oil (e.g. a pan), to wax (e.g. a floor)
- to move back, to draw back, to recede, to fall back, to retreat
- to lessen, to subside, to ebb, to go down (e.g. of swelling)
- to resign, to retire, to quit
- to be put off (by someone's words or behaviour), to be turned off, to recoil (in disgust, etc.), to cringe
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb honorific language
- to hide, to conceal oneself, to take cover
- to disappear (behind), to be hidden (by), to be covered, to go out of sight
- to live in seclusion, to retire (from the world)
- to be unknown (e.g. of a talent), to be undiscovered, to be hidden (e.g. of a meaning)
- to pass away (of a person of high position)
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to smoke (e.g. fire), to billow smoke, to smoulder, to smolder
- to be hazy, to look dim
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb colloquial
- to be dented, to be indented, to yield, to give, to sink, to collapse, to cave in
- to be beaten, to be overwhelmed, to yield, to give in, to give up
- to be disheartened, to feel down, to feel depressed
- to suffer a loss, to lose
popular JLPT N5 adverb children's language noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic)
- please, kindly, pray, I beg (of you)
- by all means, certainly, of course, (go) ahead, (feel) free (to), (you are) welcome (to), please (help yourself to)
- here you are
- to give
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb colloquial
- to be affectionate to, to treat tenderly, to dote on, to show one's love (for), to cherish
- to show favouritism to, to be partial to
- to fondle, to caress, to pet
- to be tough on, to be rough with, to torment, to train harshly
popular search-only kana form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to ill-treat, to bully, to torment, to pick on, to tease, to be cruel to, to persecute
- to be tough on (e.g. one's body), to treat harshly
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become misty, to become hazy
- to get blurry, to grow dim
- to be overshadowed, to be upstaged, to be outshone
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb usually written using kana alone
- to untie, to unfasten, to unwrap, to undo, to unbind, to unpack
- to unsew, to unstitch
- to solve, to work out, to answer
- to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.), to clear up, to remove (suspicion), to appease
- to dissolve (a contract), to cancel, to remove (a prohibition), to lift (a ban), to raise (a siege)
- to release (from duty), to relieve, to dismiss
- to comb (out), to card, to untangle (hair)