List: godan verb (archaic)
All kinds of godan verbs (archaic)
popular obsolete reading JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to incline toward, to slant, to lurch, to heel over, to be disposed to, to trend toward, to be prone to
- to go down (sun, moon), to sink
- to decline, to wane, to ebb, to fall away
- to tend (towards), to be inclined (to), to come around to (opinion, etc.)
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb usually written using kana alone auxiliary verb colloquial slang
- to go, to move (towards), to head (towards), to leave (for)
- to move through, to travel across, to walk along (e.g. a road)
- to go (well, badly, etc.), to proceed, to turn out, to get along
- to do (in a particular way), to go (with; a choice), to try
- to pass (of time, seasons, etc.), to go by
- to stream, to flow
- to die, to pass away
- to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.), to get to, to go (so far as ...)
- to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.), to arrive
- to continue ..., to go on ..., to (progress) steadily, to gradually ..., to progressively ...
- to have an orgasm, to come, to cum
- to trip, to get high, to have a drug-induced hallucination
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to shave
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to light (a candle, lamp, etc.), to turn on (a light)
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to tear off, to peel off, to rip off, to strip off, to skin, to flay, to bark
- to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.), to deprive of, to divest of
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to draw, to paint, to sketch
- to depict, to describe
- to picture in one's mind, to imagine
- to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to disdain, to look down on, to make light of, to hold in contempt, to scorn, to despise
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 formal or literary term godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby), to embrace, to hug
- to have (a thought or feeling), to hold, to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.), to harbor, to bear (a grudge, ill will, etc.), to entertain (hope, illusions, etc.), to cherish (e.g. an ambition)
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to warp, to bend, to contort
- to be perverted, to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.), to be distorted, to be cross-grained
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to close (one's eyes), to shut