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 JLPT N1 colloquial godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb 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
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb colloquial
- to be affectionate to, to treat tenderly, to dote on, to show one's love (for), to cherish
- to show favouritism to, to be partial to
- to fondle, to caress, to pet
- to be tough on, to be rough with, to torment, to train harshly