List: verb (generic)
All kinds of Japanese verbs
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 JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb auxiliary verb
- to be (of animate objects), to exist
- to stay
- to be ...-ing, to have been ...-ing
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
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb usually written using kana alone auxiliary verb colloquial slang
- to go, to move (towards), to head (towards), to leave (for)
- to move through, to travel across, to walk along (e.g. a road)
- to go (well, badly, etc.), to proceed, to turn out, to get along
- to do (in a particular way), to go (with; a choice), to try
- to pass (of time, seasons, etc.), to go by
- to stream, to flow
- to die, to pass away
- to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.), to get to, to go (so far as ...)
- to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.), to arrive
- to continue ..., to go on ..., to (progress) steadily, to gradually ..., to progressively ...
- to have an orgasm, to come, to cum
- to trip, to get high, to have a drug-induced hallucination
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to classify, to sort out, to sift through
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to shave
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to light (a candle, lamp, etc.), to turn on (a light)
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to tear off, to peel off, to rip off, to strip off, to skin, to flay, to bark
- to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.), to deprive of, to divest of