List: verb (generic)
All kinds of Japanese verbs
godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to ration out and survive on (some food)
- to eke out a living
adverb adverb taking the ăš particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă verb (generic) noun (generic)
- crabbily, unsociably
godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to have (break out into) a broad (suggestive) grin
godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be greedy, to devour greedily
rarely used kanji form Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to be at a loss, to rack one's brains in vain, to think and think but get nowhere, to fail to come up with a good idea
rarely used kanji form Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb
- to be at a loss how to continue an offensive, to be frustrated by impregnable defences
search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to leap back, to jump back
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to curry favour, to butter up, to fawn over, to humour someone (humor), to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to let down one's hair, to undo hair
idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to lend an ear, to hearken, to give an ear to, to listen carefully