List: verb (generic)
All kinds of Japanese verbs
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to crouch, to squat, to cower
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to hesitate, to waver
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to trip (over), to stumble
- to fail, to suffer a setback
popular rarely used kanji form ateji godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to nod, to bow one's head in assent, to agree
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to trick, to cheat, to deceive, to swindle, to dupe
- to coax, to wheedle, to soothe, to calm
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to bend, to flutter, to wave
- to yield to, to be swayed by, to bow to, to obey
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to turn away, to bear off, to veer away, to swerve from, to miss (e.g. a target)
- to deviate (e.g. of a conversation), to digress, to go astray, to wander
popular rarely used kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to intimidate, to frighten, to scare
- to threaten (e.g. peace), to jeopardize, to endanger, to imperil
popular obsolete reading JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to incline toward, to slant, to lurch, to heel over, to be disposed to, to trend toward, to be prone to
- to go down (sun, moon), to sink
- to decline, to wane, to ebb, to fall away
- to tend (towards), to be inclined (to), to come around to (opinion, etc.)
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to tilt (esp. head), to lean, to incline, to slant