List: verb (generic)
All kinds of Japanese verbs
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be at a complete loss, to be without recourse, to be completely stymied, to have absolutely no idea what to do
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to colour, to color, to paint
- to apply make-up
- to decorate, to garnish, to adorn, to add flair
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to shake off, to shake free from
- to swing completely (bat, club, etc.), to take a full swing
- to break off from (pursuer), to pull away
- to reject (request), to ignore
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to recommend, to endorse (e.g. a candidate), to nominate, to support, to back
- to infer (from), to deduce, to gather, to conjecture, to surmise
- to think (something) through, to ponder deeply
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to load (with goods, cargo), to put on board, to stow aboard
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to seal (e.g. a letter)
- to prevent (e.g. movement), to forbid, to block (e.g. speech), to seal off (e.g. a building)
popular JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to act (a part), to play (a role)
- to perform (a play, etc.), to put on (a production)
- to commit (a blunder), to pretend (e.g. to be a good father), to disgrace oneself
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb
- to hurry, to rush, to hasten, to make something happen sooner
popular JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb martial arts sumo
- to decide, to choose, to determine, to make up one's mind, to resolve, to set one's heart on, to settle, to arrange, to set, to appoint, to fix
- to clinch (a victory), to decide (the outcome of a match)
- to persist in doing, to go through with
- to always do, to have made a habit of
- to take for granted, to assume
- to dress up, to dress to kill, to dress to the nines
- to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.), to succeed in doing
- to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.)
- to eat or drink something, to take illegal drugs
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb colloquial computing
- to lay waste, to devastate, to damage
- to invade, to break into
- to troll (e.g. web forums), to spam