List: godan verb (archaic)
All kinds of godan verbs (archaic)
popular obsolete reading JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb baseball
- to play (games, sports), to enjoy oneself, to have a good time
- to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.)
- to be idle, to do nothing, to be unused
- to meet up (with friends), to hang out
- to give oneself up (to gambling, drinking, etc.)
- to go to (for pleasure or for study)
- to tease (someone), to play (with)
- to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb colloquial
- to melt, to liquefy, to thaw
- to dissolve (in a liquid), to bring into solution
- to lose (money; through gambling, etc.), to squander
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to learn, to study, to take lessons in
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become loose, to slacken (e.g. rope)
- to become less tense, to relax, to let one's guard down
- to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision), to become lax
- to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression), (of ice) to partially melt
- to decrease (e.g. speed)
- (of a market price) to go down slightly
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to sit (down), to have a seat, to be seated, to kneel (on the floor)
- to assume (a position), to take on (a duty), to occupy (a post)
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to suit, to match, to become, to be like
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to abate, to weaken, to be emaciated, to be dejected, to be perplexed
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb usually written using kana alone
- to go around, to make a circle around
- to surround, to circle, to enclose
- to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.), to return, to repeat, to circulate (of blood, money, etc.)
- to travel around, to make a tour of
- to concern (a matter), to surround
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be sufficient, to be enough
- to be worth doing, to be worthy of, to deserve
- to do (the job), to serve, to answer
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb
- to spring, to bound, to bounce
- to be stimulated, to be encouraged, to get lively
- to pay handsomely, to splurge, to part eagerly with (money, etc.)
- to breathe hard, to pant, to be out of breath