List: transitive verb
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to extract, to pull out, to draw out, to uproot
- to headhunt, to lure away, to poach, to entice
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to tear up, to tear off, to rip up, to tear to pieces
- to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.), to force apart, to tear apart
引くひくhikupopular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb colloquial
- to pull, to tug, to lead (e.g. a horse)
- to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.), to attract (e.g. interest)
- to draw back (e.g. one's hand), to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.), to pull in
- to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
- to draw (a line, plan, etc.)
- to catch (a cold)
- to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
- to look up (in a dictionary, phone book, etc.), to consult, to check
- to haul, to pull (vehicles)
- to subtract, to deduct
- to recede, to ebb, to fade
- to be descend from, to inherit (a characteristic)
- to quote, to cite, to raise (as evidence)
- to lay on (electricity, gas, etc.), to install (e.g. a telephone), to supply (e.g. water)
- to hold (e.g. a note)
- to apply (e.g. lipstick), to oil (e.g. a pan), to wax (e.g. a floor)
- to move back, to draw back, to recede, to fall back, to retreat
- to lessen, to subside, to ebb, to go down (e.g. of swelling)
- to resign, to retire, to quit
- to be put off (by someone's words or behaviour), to be turned off, to recoil (in disgust, etc.), to cringe
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- reading aloud
- reading (a kanji) by its Chinese-derived pronunciation
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- on reading, on'yomi, Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb colloquial
- to be affectionate to, to treat tenderly, to dote on, to show one's love (for), to cherish
- to show favouritism to, to be partial to
- to fondle, to caress, to pet
- to be tough on, to be rough with, to torment, to train harshly
popular search-only kana form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to ill-treat, to bully, to torment, to pick on, to tease, to be cruel to, to persecute
- to be tough on (e.g. one's body), to treat harshly
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb usually written using kana alone
- to untie, to unfasten, to unwrap, to undo, to unbind, to unpack
- to unsew, to unstitch
- to solve, to work out, to answer
- to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.), to clear up, to remove (suspicion), to appease
- to dissolve (a contract), to cancel, to remove (a prohibition), to lift (a ban), to raise (a siege)
- to release (from duty), to relieve, to dismiss
- to comb (out), to card, to untangle (hair)
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to undo, to untie, to unfasten, to unlace, to unravel, to loosen, to unpack
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb computing mathematics food, cooking sports
- to open, to undo, to unseal, to unpack
- to bloom, to unfold, to spread out
- to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)
- to be wide (gap, etc.), to widen
- to hold (meeting, party, etc.), to give, to open
- to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.), to open (a new business), to set up, to establish, to start
- to open (ports, borders, etc.)
- to open (an account)
- to open up (new land, path, etc.), to clear, to develop
- to open (a file, etc.)
- to extract (root), to reduce (equation)
- to cut open (fish)
- to change (kanji into hiragana)
- to flare (e.g. skirt)
- to slacken (into a poor posture)