godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to threaten; to menace; to intimidate ➜ 脅す【おどす】
• to startle; to frighten; to scare

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to burn
• to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)

godan ~く verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to be struck with an idea
• to remember; to recall

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to mark off; to cut off - esp. 区切る
• to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud) - esp. 句切る

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors)
• to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list) - usu. 締め切る

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to store; to save up; to stock up on; to lay in stock; to set aside
• to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to develop (e.g. one's skills)
• to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to decide on
• to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to catch (e.g. insects)
• to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample)
• to assume (an attitude)
• to take on (workers, students); to employ; to hire
• to draw in (e.g. water); to let in (e.g. light from a window)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to hold between; to grip with (from both sides); to nip; to catch (e.g. one's finger in a door)
• to put between; to sandwich between; to insert; to interpose; to interject
• to be on either side of (a road, table, etc.); to be across (a street, river, etc.); to have between each other

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to take on; to undertake; to accept; to take charge of; to assume responsibility for
• to take over; to inherit
• to guarantee; to vouch for
• to contract (a disease)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to increase; to add to; to augment Antonym: 減らす

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to behave; to conduct oneself
• to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to air; to dry; to desiccate
• to drain (off)
• to drink up
• to deprive of a role, job, etc. - usu. in the passive

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to hate; to dislike

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to deny; to contradict
• to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to chase; to run after; to pursue ➜ 追っ掛ける

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way)
• to put off; to delay; to postpone; to stagger (e.g. working hours)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to send; to forward
• to hand over (e.g. money)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to comfort; to console; to amuse

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to love; to cherish; to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to dote on
• 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 - used ironically; often as 可愛がってやる - colloquialism

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to tear; to rip up ［裂く］
• to cut up; to cleave; to cut open (esp. the abdomen)
• to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers) ［裂く］
• to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something ［割く］
• to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye - archaism ➜ 黥く