List: verb (generic)
All kinds of Japanese verbs
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to undo, to untie, to unfasten, to unlace, to unravel, to loosen, to unpack
popular JLPT N3 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be solved, to be resolved
- to loosen, to come untied, to come undone
- to be removed (of restrictions), to be lifted (e.g. a ban), to be broken (spells, curses, etc.)
- to dissipate (of anger, tension, etc.), to melt away, to ease, to be appeased, to be resolved (of a dispute, misunderstanding, etc.), to be cleared up
popular usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to come loose, to come untied, to come undone, to unravel
- to loosen up (e.g. tension)
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb computing mathematics food, cooking sports
- to open, to undo, to unseal, to unpack
- to bloom, to unfold, to spread out
- to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)
- to be wide (gap, etc.), to widen
- to hold (meeting, party, etc.), to give, to open
- to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.), to open (a new business), to set up, to establish, to start
- to open (ports, borders, etc.)
- to open (an account)
- to open up (new land, path, etc.), to clear, to develop
- to open (a file, etc.)
- to extract (root), to reduce (equation)
- to cut open (fish)
- to change (kanji into hiragana)
- to flare (e.g. skirt)
- to slacken (into a poor posture)
popular JLPT N5 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb
- to open (a door, etc.), to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package), to unlock
- to open (for business, etc.)
- to empty, to remove, to make space, to make room
- to move out, to clear out
- to be away from (e.g. one's house), to leave (temporarily)
- to dawn, to grow light
- to end (of a period, season)
- to begin (of the New Year)
- to leave (one's schedule) open, to make time (for)
- to make (a hole), to open up (a hole)
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.), to spread out, to become clear (of a road, visibility, etc.), to open up
- to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.), to get better
- to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.), to become civilized, to modernize, to grow, to advance (of knowledge, ideas, etc.)
- to be sensible, to be understanding, to be enlightened
- to open (of a new road, railway, etc.), to be opened to traffic
- to become populous, to become densely built, to become bustling
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to tear, to rip up
- to cut up, to cleave, to cut open (esp. the abdomen)
- to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers)
- to spare (time, money, etc.), to use part of something
- to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to discount, to reduce (the price), to take off (a percentage)
- to take with a grain of salt, to not take at face value, to discount
popular JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to break, to be smashed
- to split, to crack, to fissure, to be torn
- to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.), to split (e.g. of a party)
- to come to light, to become clear, to be identified, to be revealed
- to become distorted (of sound), to clip
- to be divisible (without a remainder)
- to drop below a minimum
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to tie up, to tie together, to bind, to bundle, to fasten
- to hang (oneself)
- to summarize, to put (it all) together, to consolidate
- to estimate, to expect
- to tie-dye
- to detain, to check, to restrain