List: verb (generic)
All kinds of Japanese verbs
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to avoid (physical contact with)
- to avoid (situation), to evade (question, subject), to shirk (one's responsibilities)
- to ward off, to avert
- to put aside, to move out of the way
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to draw, to paint, to sketch
- to depict, to describe
- to picture in one's mind, to imagine
- to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to disdain, to look down on, to make light of, to hold in contempt, to scorn, to despise
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 formal or literary term godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby), to embrace, to hug
- to have (a thought or feeling), to hold, to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.), to harbor, to bear (a grudge, ill will, etc.), to entertain (hope, illusions, etc.), to cherish (e.g. an ambition)
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to warp, to bend, to contort
- to be perverted, to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.), to be distorted, to be cross-grained
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to close (one's eyes), to shut
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become less crowded, to thin out, to get empty
- to be hungry
popular JLPT N2 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to warm (up), to heat (up)
- to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.), to keep to oneself, to nurse, to mull over
- to renew (an old friendship)
- to take for oneself
popular JLPT N2 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to apply, to adapt
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 humble language usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb polite language auxiliary verb
- to receive, to get, to accept, to take, to buy
- to eat, to drink
- to be crowned with, to wear (on one's head), to have (on top)
- to have (as one's leader), to live under (a ruler), to install (a president)
- to get someone to do something