popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to reach, to amount to, to befall, to happen to, to extend, to go on (for, until)
- to be up to the task, to come up to
- to compare with, to be a match (for)
- to commit (a crime)
- to require (to do)
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb
- to repeat, to do something over again
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to talk about, to speak of, to tell, to narrate
- to recite, to chant
- to indicate, to show
popular irregular kanji usage JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to protect, to guard, to defend
- to keep (i.e. a promise), to abide (by the rules), to observe, to obey, to follow
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb baseball
- to steal
- to plagiarize, to steal (a technique, idea, etc.), to watch and learn
- to do stealthily
- to do during scant time
- to steal a base
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be silent, to say nothing
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to talk, to tell, to recite, to pledge, to conspire with
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to write down, to note down, to jot down, to take a note of
- to mention, to describe, to give an account of
- to inscribe, to mark, to brand
- to remember, to engrave (in one's mind)
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to run
- to run (of a vehicle), to drive, to travel, to move, to sail
- to rush (to), to dash, to race
- to retreat, to flee, to defect (to)
- to run away, to abscond, to elope
- to flash (of lightning), to streak, to shoot (through; e.g. of pain), to run (through), to flare, to flit (e.g. across one's face), to spread quickly (of news, shock, etc.)
- to go (e.g. bad, to extremes), to become, to turn, to take to (e.g. crime), to get carried away by (e.g. one's emotions), to get involved in, to get wrapped up in
- to run (through; of a road, street, etc.), to extend (e.g. of a mountain range), to stretch, to lie
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to refuse, to reject, to dismiss, to turn down, to decline
- to inform, to give notice, to tell in advance
- to ask leave, to excuse oneself (from)