List: godan verb (archaic)
All kinds of godan verbs (archaic)
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to feel down, to feel sad, to be depressed, to be in low spirits
- to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.), to be in an unfavourable condition
- to fall into (e.g. a hole)
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to make (the best) use of, to put to good use, to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.), to capitalise on (experience, etc.)
- to let live, to keep alive
- to revive, to resuscitate, to bring back to life
- to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb sumo
- to wring (towel, rag), to squeeze
- to squeeze (fruit to extract juice), to press, to extract, to milk, to express milk
- to rack (one's brains), to strain (one's voice)
- to extort, to exploit
- to chew out, to reprimand severely, to rake over the coals, to give a sound scolding, to tell someone off, to scold, to rebuke
- to drill into, to train
- to narrow down (one's focus), to whittle down
- to gather up (curtain, etc.), to tighten (drawstring)
- to stop down (lens)
- to turn down (e.g. radio)
- to bend (bow), to draw
- to hold down, to constrict, to immobilize
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to plan, to attempt, to devise
- to plot, to conspire, to scheme
- to aim for, to strive for, to work towards, to seek
- to deceive, to trick, to take in
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to afflict, to torment, to harass, to molest
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to struggle for, to compete with, to vie with
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to compete
- to bid
- to sell at auction
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to carry over (an issue, decision, work, etc.), to carry forward, to put off, to postpone, to defer
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to deal with (a person), to treat, to handle, to take care of, to entertain
- to deal with (a problem), to handle, to manage
- to operate (e.g. a machine), to handle, to work
- to deal in, to sell
- to cover (a topic), to treat, to discuss, to take up
- to treat A as B
- to mediate (an argument)
- to be too much for one, to find unmanageable
- to gossip
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.), to change, to swap, to substitute
- to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.)
- to divert (one's attention) to
- to spend (time), to let (time) pass
- to infect
- to permeate something (with a color, smell, etc.)