List: Godan verb with 'ku' ending
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to trip (over), to stumble
- to fail, to suffer a setback
popular rarely used kanji form ateji godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to nod, to bow one's head in assent, to agree
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to bend, to flutter, to wave
- to yield to, to be swayed by, to bow to, to obey
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 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 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 N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become less crowded, to thin out, to get empty
- to be hungry
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 humble language usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb polite language auxiliary verb
- to receive, to get, to accept, to take, to buy
- to eat, to drink
- to be crowned with, to wear (on one's head), to have (on top)
- to have (as one's leader), to live under (a ruler), to install (a president)
- to get someone to do something
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to calm down, to compose oneself, to regain presence of mind, to relax
- to calm down, to settle down, to die down, to become stable, to abate
- to settle down (in a location, job, etc.), to settle in
- to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.), to be fixed, to have been reached
- to harmonize with, to harmonise with, to match, to suit, to fit
- to be unobtrusive, to be quiet, to be subdued
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb
- to be effective, to take effect, to be good (for)
- to work, to function well
- to be possible (to do, use, etc.), to be able to
- to taste (alcohol), to try