List: verb (generic)
All kinds of Japanese verbs
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be absent, to take a day off
- to rest, to have a break
- to go to bed, to (lie down to) sleep, to turn in, to retire
- to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time, to suspend business
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to inhale, to breathe in, to suck up, to soak up, to absorb
- to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.), to suck in
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to abate, to decrease, to diminish, to shorten
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to decrease (in size or number), to diminish, to abate
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to spread, to be propagated
popular JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to tell, to inform, to announce
- to indicate, to signal, to mark
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be prominent, to be conspicuous, to stand out, to be outstanding, to be remarkable, to be striking, to be notable
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to shave (wood, leather, etc.), to sharpen (e.g. pencil), to plane, to whittle, to pare, to scrape off, to erode
- to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.), to curtail, to reduce
- to delete, to erase, to remove, to cross out, to strike out
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb baseball
- to pierce, to stab, to prick, to stick, to thrust
- to sting, to bite
- to sew, to stitch, to embroider
- to pole (a boat)
- to catch (with a limed pole)
- to put (a runner) out, to pick off
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to inherit, to succeed, to take over