List: verb (generic)
All kinds of Japanese verbs
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to loosen, to slacken
- to relax (attention, efforts, etc.), to let down (one's guard), to relieve (tension)
- to relax (a rule), to ease (e.g. restrictions), to loosen (control)
- to reduce (speed), to slow down, to ease up
- to make more gradual (of a slope)
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to go through, to pierce, to penetrate
- to run through (e.g. a river through a city), to pass through
- to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.), to carry out, to persist with, to keep (e.g. faith), to maintain (e.g. independence)
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to coax, to cajole, to wheedle, to win over, to seduce
- to roll up and put into (something), to bundle up
popular JLPT N2 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to include (in a group or scope)
- to instruct, to make one understand
- to include (a nuance), to put in (an implication)
- to put in (someone's) mouth
- to permeate with flavor
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to scheme, to plan, to play a trick, to invent, to conspire, to frame up
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to gather together
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to shine, to sparkle, to twinkle, to glitter, to glisten
- to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.), to beam, to gleam, to glow
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb archaic
- to be playful, to gambol, to be amused (with something), to play, to sport, to frolic, to joke
- to flirt with
- to have elegance, to have refinement
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to deceive, to delude, to trick, to fool
- to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to scoop, to ladle out