List: godan verb (archaic)
All kinds of godan verbs (archaic)
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to defeat
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to divert (e.g. one's mind), to distract, to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.), to drown (one's sorrows), to beguile (the time)
- to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile), to hide, to shift (the conversation), to change (the subject)
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to have a warped view, to be jaundiced, to be prejudiced
- to feel that one has been unfairly treated
- to be jealous, to be envious, to have an inferiority complex
popular rarely used kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to scorn, to despise, to hold in contempt, to look down on, to disdain
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to walk
popular JLPT N4 euphemistic godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to die, to pass away
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to rub, to pat, to stroke, to massage
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to polish, to shine, to burnish, to scour, to scrub, to brush (teeth), to grind (e.g. a lens)
- to refine (a skill, etc.), to improve, to hone, to polish (up), to cultivate (one's character)
popular irregular kanji usage JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to lose (something)
- to get rid of, to eliminate, to remove, to eradicate, to abolish
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be lost (e.g. luggage), to be missing
- to be used up, to be run out, to be exhausted, to be consumed, to be reduced to zero, to not occur any more
- to disappear (e.g. pain), to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)