List: transitive verb
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
popular search-only kana form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to ill-treat, to bully, to torment, to pick on, to tease, to be cruel to, to persecute
- to be tough on (e.g. one's body), to treat harshly
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb usually written using kana alone
- to untie, to unfasten, to unwrap, to undo, to unbind, to unpack
- to unsew, to unstitch
- to solve, to work out, to answer
- to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.), to clear up, to remove (suspicion), to appease
- to dissolve (a contract), to cancel, to remove (a prohibition), to lift (a ban), to raise (a siege)
- to release (from duty), to relieve, to dismiss
- to comb (out), to card, to untangle (hair)
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to undo, to untie, to unfasten, to unlace, to unravel, to loosen, to unpack
popular ateji JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb intransitive verb
- injury, wound
- mistake, accident, loss
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb computing mathematics food, cooking sports usually written using kana alone go (game)
- to open, to undo, to unseal, to unpack
- to bloom, to unfold, to spread out
- to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)
- to be wide (gap, etc.), to widen
- to hold (meeting, party, etc.), to give, to open
- to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.), to open (a new business), to set up, to establish, to start
- to open (ports, borders, etc.)
- to open (an account)
- to open up (new land, path, etc.), to clear, to develop
- to open (a file, etc.)
- to extract (root), to reduce (equation)
- to cut open (fish)
- to change (kanji into hiragana)
- to flare (e.g. skirt)
- to slacken (into a poor posture)
- to extend
popular JLPT N5 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb
- to open (a door, etc.), to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package), to unlock
- to open (for business, etc.)
- to empty, to remove, to make space, to make room
- to move out, to clear out
- to be away from (e.g. one's house), to leave (temporarily)
- to dawn, to grow light
- to end (of a period, season)
- to begin (of the New Year)
- to leave (one's schedule) open, to make time (for)
- to make (a hole), to open up (a hole)
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to tear, to rip up
- to cut up, to cleave, to cut open (esp. the abdomen)
- to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers)
- to spare (time, money, etc.), to use part of something
- to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to discount, to reduce (the price), to take off (a percentage)
- to take with a grain of salt, to not take at face value, to discount
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to tie up, to tie together, to bind, to bundle, to fasten
- to hang (oneself)
- to summarize, to put (it all) together, to consolidate
- to estimate, to expect
- to tie-dye
- to detain, to check, to restrain