List: verb (generic)
All kinds of Japanese verbs
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to stammer, to stutter
popular JLPT N3 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb auxiliary verb
- to stuff into, to jam, to cram, to pack, to fill, to plug, to stop up
- to shorten, to move closer together
- to reduce (spending), to conserve
- to focus intently on, to strain oneself to do
- to go through thoroughly, to work out (details), to bring to a conclusion, to wind up
- to be on duty, to be stationed
- to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi), to trap, to checkmate
- to cut off (one's finger as an act of apology), to catch (one's finger in a door, etc.)
- to do non-stop, to do continuously, to keep doing (without a break)
- to do completely, to do thoroughly
- to force someone into a difficult situation by ...
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to feel dizzy, to have blood rush to one's head
- to lose one's cool
- to be obsessed, to be infatuated
- to become conceited
popular JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to rest, to suspend, to give relief
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to hurry (up), to urge on, to press, to rush
popular JLPT N3 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb polite language
- to want, to wish for
- to request, to demand, to require, to ask for
- to seek, to search for, to look for, to pursue (pleasure), to hunt (a job), to find (a solution)
- to purchase, to buy
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to draw (water), to scoop up, to dip up, to pump out
- to understand (someone's feelings, etc.), to grasp, to surmise, to take into consideration
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to draw (water), to ladle, to dip up, to scoop up, to pump
- to pour (into a cup), to drink (together)
- to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.), to sympathize with, to intuit, to understand
- to draw upon, to inherit
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb
- to cry, to shed tears, to weep, to sob
- to suffer (from), to be troubled (by), to face hardship
- to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.), to do reluctantly, to make sacrifices
- to be not worth worth the name, to suffer (of a reputation), to be spoiled, to be put to shame
- to lament, to bemoan, to bewail
popular obsolete reading godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb auxiliary verb
- to fish
- to look for, to search for, to hunt for, to scavenge, to scrounge, to look through, to rummage through
- to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.), to binge