List: Godan verb with 'ku' ending
irregular okurigana godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to expose (a secret, scandal, etc.), to disclose, to uncover, to unmask
godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to grapple, to wrestle
godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to outrun, to run through to the end
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be noisy, to be astir, to rustle, to murmur
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to take a breath, to take a short rest
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) archaic
- to be traced (of a criminal), to be tracked
- to have a (male) lover
search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to smash, to break (into pieces), to shatter, to crush
- to simplify, to make easy to understand
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to go through (e.g. a wall), to penetrate, to pierce, to perforate, to bore into
- to punch (a hole, pattern, etc.), to stamp out (e.g. a coin)
- to remove (partitions between rooms), to join (multiple rooms) into one
- to carry out (to completion)
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to tiptoe
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to entwine, to follow about