List: Godan verb with 'ku' ending
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to hear
- to listen (e.g. to music)
- to ask, to enquire, to query
- to hear about, to hear of, to learn of
- to follow (advice, order, etc.), to obey, to listen to, to comply with
- to hear (e.g. a plea), to grant (a request), to accept (e.g. an argument), to give consideration to
- to smell (esp. incense), to sample (a fragrance)
- to taste (alcohol), to try
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to step back, to move back, to retreat
- to withdraw (from the presence of a superior), to leave, to exit
- to resign, to retire, to quit
- to concede
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to move back, to draw back, to recede, to fall back, to retreat
- to lessen, to subside, to ebb, to go down (e.g. of swelling)
- to resign, to retire, to quit
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb Kansai-ben Internet slang intransitive verb
- to cook (grains, e.g. rice)
- to boil, to simmer, to stew, to seethe
- to get angry, to snap
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to burn, to kindle, to light (a fire), to make (a fire)
- to heat (a bath), to light (a stove), to stoke (a boiler)
- to use (a camera flash)
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to grow hot (e.g. water), to boil
- to get excited (at), to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.), to be in a ferment, to take place energetically
- to ferment
- to melt (of metal)
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to well (up), to gush out (of water), to spring out, to surge
- to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.), to sweat, to cry
- to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.), to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds), to well up, to arise
- to hatch, to breed, to propagate, to be infested (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
ๅฑฅใใฏใhakupopular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear), to wear
- to affix (a sword to one's hip)
- to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to defy, to disobey, to rebel against, to oppose, to resist
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb colloquial
- to stick to, to cling to, to adhere to
- to become intimate (of a man and woman), to get close, to get married