Common Verbs

Godan verb with `ku' ending, intransitive verb

to move; to stir; to shift; to shake; to swing

to operate; to run; to go; to work

to be touched; to be influenced

to change; to vary; to fluctuate; to waver

certain; factual

to be transferred

Godan verb with `ku' ending, transitive verb

to write

to draw

Godan verb with `mu' ending, transitive verb

to wrap up; to tuck in; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in

Godan verb with `mu' ending

to conceal; to hide; to be engulfed in; to be enveloped by

Ichidan verb, transitive verb

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in)

to serve (as); to act (as); to fill (the position of); to play the role (of)

to conduct a religious service

Godan verb with `ku' ending, intransitive verb

to work; to labor; to labour

to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play

to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice

linguistics terminology

to be conjugated

Godan verb with `ru' ending, transitive verb

to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself)

to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to dash on oneself; to ship water

to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to assume (responsibility); to shoulder (burden)

to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

to be similar; to be redundant

Godan verb with `ru' ending, intransitive verb

to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.)

to close; to come to an end

to get a full house; to sell out

to blunder; to bungle; to fail

to be deceived

Ichidan verb, transitive verb

to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on

to bear (guilt, etc.)

Godan verb with `u' ending, transitive verb

to wash

to investigate

Godan verb with `ku' ending, intransitive verb

to walk

Godan verb with `tsu' ending, transitive verb, intransitive verb

to wait

to await; to look forward to; to anticipate

(usu. in negative form) to depend on; to need

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb

to go out; to vanish; to disappear

Godan verb with `u' ending, transitive verb

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use

to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate

to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume

to use (language); to speak

to take (one's lunch); to circulate (bad money)

Godan verb with `ru' ending, intransitive verb

to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped

to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out

Godan verb with `ru' ending, intransitive verb

to bend; to curve; to warp; to wind; to twist

to turn

to be awry; to be askew; to be crooked

Ichidan verb, transitive verb

to turn on; to switch on; to light up