List: verb (generic)
All kinds of Japanese verbs
popular suru verb verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb dated term
- to lose (money, etc.), to suffer a loss, to miss (e.g. an opportunity), to miss out (on)
- to waste (one's time, efforts, etc.), to bring to naught, to come to nothing, to lead nowhere
- to feel disappointed (e.g. by missing out on something), to suffer a (perceived) loss, to feel dejected (e.g. after something not going your way), to lose out (on)
- to harm, to damage, to spoil, to ruin
popular irregular kanji usage usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to ascertain, to confirm, to verify, to make sure of
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to bring close, to bring near
- to associate with (someone), to keep company with, to let come close
popular usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be torn off, to come off
- to be torn to pieces, to be torn to shreds
popular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to turn on, to switch on, to light up
popular suru verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to make a profit
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 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb obsolete term
- to play dumb, to feign ignorance, to play innocent, to have a blank facial expression
- to play the fool
- to be in one's dotage
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to oversleep
popular usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb
- to hit (e.g. with a car), to knock down
- to reject, to eliminate, to exclude, to get rid of
- to refuse (e.g. a request), to deny, to turn down
- to flip, to splash, to splatter
- to take (a percentage)
- to stick up (e.g. of hair), to curl up (e.g. of a moustache), to sweep up (the end of a brush stroke)
- to pronounce as a syllabic nasal