List: verb (generic)
All kinds of Japanese verbs
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb
- to lament, to grieve, to regret
- to deplore
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to come apart at the seams, to be ripped, to be torn
- to begin to open, to begin to bloom
- to smile broadly, to break into a smile
popular irregular okurigana usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb auxiliary verb
- to indulge in, to give oneself up to, to be obsessed by
- to be engrossed in, to be lost in, to be absorbed in
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to flip, to snap, to flick
- to repel
- to use (an abacus), to calculate
- to strum, to pluck the strings (of a guitar, etc.)
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to notify, to advise, to inform
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become known, to come to light, to be discovered
- to be known, to be understood
- to clearly not amount to much, to be insignificant
- to be evident, to be obvious, to go without saying
- to be very intense (of worry, hope, etc.), to be severe
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to slacken, to loosen, to relax, to droop (e.g. loose or flabby skin), to sag (ceiling)
- to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention), to not put one's heart in
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb usually written using kana alone auxiliary verb
- to put, to place
- to leave (behind)
- to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.), to set up
- to appoint (someone to a certain position), to hire, to employ
- to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.), to bear (in mind, etc.)
- to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool
- to take in (boarders, etc.), to provide lodging in one's house
- to separate spatially or temporally
- to do something in advance
- to leave something in a certain state, to keep something in a certain state
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to delay, to postpone, to slow down, to retard