List: verb (generic)
All kinds of Japanese verbs
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb idiomatic expression
- to leave the nest
- to go out into the world, to become independent (of one's parents), to graduate (and become a member of society)
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to cut (cloth, paper, etc.), to cut off
- to sever (ties), to break off (relations), to give up (an attachment, habit, etc.), to stop (e.g. a vicious cycle)
- to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.), to block, to break up (e.g. an intelligence network)
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to delay, to postpone, to put off, to slow down, to hold up, to retard, to put back (a clock)
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become complicated
popular search-only kanji form Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to grow old
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to attend on, to wait on, to accompany, to escort, to chaperone
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb colloquial
- to erase, to rub out, to rub off, to cross out, to delete
- to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.), to switch off
- to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.), to put out
- to remove (a smell, pain, etc.), to eliminate, to get rid of, to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.), to neutralize (poison)
- to drown out (a sound), to deaden, to absorb, to muffle
- to kill, to murder, to bump off, to rub out
popular JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to ask, to enquire, to inquire
- to search, to look for, to look into, to investigate
popular rarely used kanji form Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become pale, to turn pale
popular JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to dye, to colour, to color