List: godan verb (archaic)
All kinds of godan verbs (archaic)
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to gather, to crowd round, to swarm, to flock
- to sponge (off someone), to scrounge, to pester (someone for something), to bum, to cadge
- to extort, to take (money) through intimidation
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to twinkle (e.g. stars), to flicker, to waver
- to blink (one's eyes), to wink, to bat
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to write down (what someone says), to take down dictation, to take notes (e.g. of a lecture)
- to copy out (a text)
書くかくkakupopular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to write, to compose, to pen
- to draw, to paint
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to remove, to get rid of, to take away, to eliminate
- to exclude, to except, to leave out, to omit
- to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to invite, to ask
- to beckon, to wave someone in, to gesture to
- to call in, to send for, to summon
- to bring on oneself, to cause, to incur, to lead to, to result in
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to burn
- to roast, to broil, to grill, to bake, to toast, to barbecue
- to heat, to heat up
- to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.), to bake, to fire, to burn
- to tan (i.e. suntan), to burn
- to print (a photo), to burn (an optical disc)
- to be jealous of, to be envious of, to envy
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to omit, to leave out, to exclude, to eliminate
- to curtail, to save, to cut down, to economize, to economise
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be harmful to, to hinder, to interfere with, to irritate
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to ascend, to go up, to climb
- to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun), to rise
- to go to (the capital)
- to be promoted
- to add up to
- to advance (in price)
- to swim up (a river), to sail up
- to come up (on the agenda)