List: verb (generic)
All kinds of Japanese verbs
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to move, to stir, to shift, to shake, to swing
- to operate, to run, to go, to work
- to make a move, to take action, to act, to go into action
- to be touched, to be influenced
- to change, to vary, to fluctuate, to waver
- to be transferred
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to guide, to lead, to show the way, to conduct
- to derive, to deduce
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N2 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to long for, to yearn for, to hanker after, to be attracted by, to be drawn to, to aspire to, to admire, to adore
popular usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to lose hair, to become bald
- to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to pierce through, to break through
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to prick, to stab
- to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike
- to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.)
- to attack
- to brave (the rain, etc.)
popular irregular kanji usage irregular okurigana JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to poke (repeatedly, lightly), to nudge
- to peck at (one's food), to pick at
- to peck at (someone's faults, etc.)
- to egg on, to put up to
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to reach, to touch, to get to, to carry (of sound)
- to be delivered, to arrive
- to be attentive, to be scrupulous, to be thorough
- to be realized (of a desire), to be fulfilled, to get through (to someone), to be appreciated, to make an impression
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to deliver, to forward, to send
- to report, to notify, to file notice (to the authorities), to give notice, to register
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be crowded with people, to be bustling with
- to prosper, to flourish, to do thriving business