List: verb (generic)
All kinds of Japanese verbs
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb formal or literary term intransitive verb
- to spread out (e.g. a futon), to lay out
- to lay down (e.g. a cushion)
- to impose widely (e.g. martial law), to promulgate
- to pin down, to hold down
- to lay (e.g. railway tracks)
- to deploy (e.g. troops)
- to spread (e.g. snow), to be propagated
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to make merry, to be festive
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb colloquial
- to float
- to become merry, to be cheerful
- to become loose, to become unsteady
- to feel out of it, to be cut off (e.g. from those around you), to feel out of place
- to be frivolous, to be uncertain
- to have (time, money, etc.) left over, to be saved (e.g. money)
- to have no basis, to be unreliable
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to defeat
popular JLPT N2 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to stroke, to caress, to brush gently, to pat, to rub
- to comb (hair), to smooth down
popular search-only kanji form Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb
- to lay (something) face down, to place upside down, to turn over (face down)
- to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.), to cast down (one's eyes)
- to lay (oneself) face down, to lie face down, to lie flat (on one's stomach), to throw (oneself) to the ground
- to conceal, to hide, to keep secret, to place in hiding (e.g. troops for an ambush)
- to bring (someone) down, to kill
- to lie down (and sleep), to go to bed (with an illness)
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to divert (e.g. one's mind), to distract, to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.), to drown (one's sorrows), to beguile (the time)
- to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile), to hide, to shift (the conversation), to change (the subject)
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to line up, to set up, to arrange in a line
- to enumerate, to itemize
- to be equal (to), to compare well (with), to be as good (as)
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to have a warped view, to be jaundiced, to be prejudiced
- to feel that one has been unfairly treated
- to be jealous, to be envious, to have an inferiority complex
popular rarely used kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to scorn, to despise, to hold in contempt, to look down on, to disdain