List: Godan verb with 'gu' ending
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb usually written using kana alone go (game)
- to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.), to inherit, to take over, to follow
- to patch (clothes), to mend, to repair
- to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire), to replenish with, to feed with, to follow up with (e.g. remarks), to gather (one's breath)
- to connect (stones)
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to defend against, to protect against
- to prevent, to avert, to avoid
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to pass down (a story) from generation to generation, to hand down
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.), to make a connection, to change (planes, trains, etc.)
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to look up (at)
- to look up to, to respect, to revere
- to ask for (e.g. guidance), to seek, to turn to (someone) for
- to depend on, to rely on
- to gulp down, to quaff, to drink
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to shake, to waver, to tremble
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to soften, to calm down, to be eased, to be mitigated, to subside, to abate
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to spin, to make yarn
- to spin (a tale), to assemble (e.g. words), to put together
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become brilliant, to become cheerful
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to shoulder, to carry on one's shoulder
- to nominate for a position, to choose as a representative
- to take (someone) for a ride, to deceive, to take in
- to be caught up in superstition