List: verb (generic)
All kinds of Japanese verbs
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to have a cramp, to twitch, to spasm
- to stiffen (of a face, expression), to freeze, to grow tight (e.g. of a voice)
- to shrink (of skin, due to a scar), to tauten
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to detain, to check, to restrain, to stop
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to stretch larger
- to enlarge (photos)
- to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb
- to spout out, to spurt out, to gush out, to jet out
- to sprout, to bud
- to burst into laughter
- to blow (smoke, etc.)
- to send out shoots (of a tree)
popular obsolete reading JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be closed, to be blocked, to be healed (e.g. wound), to be shut up
- to be clogged, to be plugged up
- to be occupied, to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb
- to stop up, to close up, to block (up), to plug up, to shut up, to cover (ears, eyes, etc.), to close (eyes, mouth)
- to stand in the way, to obstruct
- to occupy, to fill up, to take up
- to perform one's role, to do one's duty
- to feel depressed, to be in low spirits, to mope
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to bark, to howl, to bay, to roar, to yelp, to yap
- to howl (of the wind), to roar (of the sea)
- to yell, to shout, to cry, to moan
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to regard (as), to consider (to be), to deem, to look upon (as), to think of (as)
popular JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to leak out, to escape, to come through, to shine through, to filter out
- to find expression, to give vent
- to leak out, to be divulged, to be disclosed
- to be omitted, to be left out, to be excluded, to be not included
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become thin, to lose weight, to slim
- to become impoverished (of soil), to become sterile, to become infertile, to become barren