popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to rain incessantly, to downpour
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb
- to earn (income), to make (money)
- to score (points, victory), to gain (time), to play (for time)
- to work hard (at one's job), to labor, to labour, to toil
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to pass on (a message, thoughts, etc.), to convey, to transmit, to relay, to tell
- to inform (of a visitor, phone call, etc.), to announce (a visitor), to answer (the door or phone on someone's behalf), to usher in (a guest)
- to act as an agent (between a manufacturer, wholesaler, etc. and retailers), to act as an intermediary, to handle (goods; for a company)
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to sharpen, to hone, to whet, to grind
- to wash (rice)
- to scour, to polish, to burnish
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb archaic
- to marry (of a woman), to become a bride, to marry into (a family)
- to have sexual intercourse
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.), to undress
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become thin, to fade, to grow pale
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to relax, to feel at home
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to connect, to link together
- to tie, to fasten, to restrain
- to maintain, to preserve, to keep
- to transfer (phone call), to put a person through
- to hedge, to buy or sell forward
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to step over, to step across, to stride over, to stride across, to cross
- to stretch over, to span, to bridge, to saddle, to straddle