List: verb (generic)
All kinds of Japanese verbs
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone humble language godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb auxiliary verb
- to be (animate), to be, to exist
- to be ...-ing
- to (have the audacity to) do
popular obsolete kanji godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to shake, to jolt, to rock (cradle), to swing
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb
- to rely on, to depend on, to count on, to turn to (for help)
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to meet (by chance), to come across, to run across, to encounter, to happen upon
- to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.)
- to emerge and engage (an enemy)
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb baseball
- to pull, to draw, to pull tight
- to string (lines), to run (cable), to stretch
- to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve)
- to drag, to haul, to tow
- to lead (e.g. one's followers)
- to take someone somewhere (e.g. a suspect to the police)
- to tempt into joining, to strongly invite to join
- to delay, to prolong
- to lengthen the pronunciation (of a word)
- to quote, to cite, to reference
- to pull the ball
- to wear, to put on
popular search-only kanji form Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to repaint, to paint again, to paint (a different colour)
- to change completely, to break (a record), to redraw (e.g. the map), to remake
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become public, to become known, to come out in the open
- to be formal, to be official
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to pour in (liquids)
- to pour in (money), to pump in (investment)
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to invest in, to sink money into, to put into, to lay out (funds), to inject, to impregnate, to infuse, to instill, to implant, to imbue, to focus (attention, efforts)
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to take home, to carry home, to bring back home, to take out (e.g. food)