List: Godan verb with 'ru' ending
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to escape being burned (esp. of a building or the items in it), to survive a fire
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to consign to oblivion
popular derogatory godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to kick the bucket, to drop dead, to die, to croak
- to be pooped, to be exhausted, to be knackered
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to fail, to blunder, to mess up, to screw up
- to be dismissed, to be fired
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become overgrown, to grow thick
- to spread, to run rampant, to thrive, to prevail, to become powerful
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to bump into, to run into, to collide with, to hit, to strike
- to encounter, to meet with, to come upon, to face, to run up against, to be confronted with
- to clash (of opinions, people, etc.), to conflict, to be at odds (with)
- to clash (of events), to fall (on), to occur at the same time (as)
- to tackle head-on (a difficulty), to confront boldly
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to hang down (from), to dangle, to swing, to be suspended
- to be within one's reach, to dangle (before one's eyes)
- to be completely reliant on, to be entirely dependent on
popular search-only kana form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone colloquial godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb slang vulgar expression or word intransitive verb suffix auxiliary verb
- to do, to undertake, to perform, to play (a game), to study
- to send, to dispatch, to despatch
- to put, to move, to turn (one's head, glance, etc.)
- to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status), to let have, to present, to bestow, to confer
- to make (a vehicle) go faster
- to run (a business), to keep, to be engaged in, to practice (law, medicine, etc.), to practise
- to have (food, drink, etc.), to eat, to drink, to smoke
- to hold (a performance), to perform, to show
- to ease (one's mind)
- to harm, to injure, to kill
- to have sex, to fuck, to bang
- to live, to get by, to get along
- to do ... completely
- to do ... broadly, to do ... to a great distance
- to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status), to do ... to
- to make active efforts to ...
popular JLPT N1 colloquial godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be truant, to slack off, to play hooky, to skip school, to cut class, to skip out
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to smoke (e.g. fire), to billow smoke, to smoulder, to smolder
- to be hazy, to look dim