List: Verbs

Wordpopular  JLPT N1  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

• to ask, to inquire
• to blame (someone) for, to accuse of, to pursue (question of responsibility), to charge with
• to care about, to regard as important
• to call into question, to doubt, to question

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  search-only kanji form  JLPT N4  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

• to think, to consider, to believe, to reckon
• to think (of doing), to plan (to do)
• to judge, to assess, to regard
• to imagine, to suppose, to dream
• to expect, to look forward to
• to feel, to be (in a state of mind), to desire, to want
• to care (deeply) for, to yearn for, to worry about, to love
• to recall, to remember

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

• to use (a tool, method, etc.), to make use of, to put to use
• to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.), to employ, to handle, to manage, to manipulate
• to use (time, money, etc.), to spend, to consume
• to use (language), to speak

Wordarchaic  polite language  yodan verb (archaic)  yodan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  intransitive verb 

• to be, to exist

Wordpolite language  archaic  abbreviation  usually written using kana alone  yodan verb (archaic)  yodan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  intransitive verb 

• to be

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  intransitive verb 

• to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.), to come down
• to form (of frost)
• to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight), to pour in
• to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.), to come, to arrive

Wordpopular  JLPT N2  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  intransitive verb  archaic 

• to descend, to go down, to come down
• to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)
• to pass (of time)
• to surrender, to capitulate
• to be less than, to be inferior to
• to have the runs, to have diarrhea
• to pass (in stool), to be discharged from the body
• to depreciate oneself, to be humble

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  Ichidan verb  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

• to forget, to leave carelessly, to be forgetful of, to forget about, to forget (an article)

Wordpopular  auxiliary verb  verb (generic)  copula 

• be, is

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  intransitive verb 

• to decrease (in size or number), to diminish, to abate