List: godan verb (archaic)
All kinds of godan verbs (archaic)
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to think hard about (something that one doesn't know much of), to rack one's brain
rarely used kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to speed, to tear away
- to skip over (e.g. pages)
slang godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) Osaka-ben
- to steal, to shoplift
- to play pachinko
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to be unable to understand, to baffle one's understanding, to be beyond one's comprehension
godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to color, to colour, to paint
- to touch up (by tracing the same image, letter, etc.)
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to distance oneself (from), to keep (something or someone) at a distance, to maintain a distance (from)
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to lead, to take the lead, to be in a top position
irregular kanji usage idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to choke up, to be speechless
- to hold one's tongue
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to talk, to speak
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.), to run out of words, to be verbose, to cajole, to talk someone's head off