VERBS—advanced 1

Question 1

to get cold / to cool down / to have cold come in (usu. air temperature)

Answer 1

冷え込む
[ひえこむ]
intr.

Question 2

to cool (oneself) / to cool off / to enjoy the cool air

Answer 2

涼む
[すずむ]
intr.

Question 3

to sell wholesale

to grate (vegetables, etc.)

to cut up fish

Answer 3

卸す
[おろす]
tr.

Question 4

to offer / to propose / to submit a request / to come forward with information

Answer 4

申し出る
[もうしでる] **
tr.

Question 5

to roast (rice crackers, etc.)

to broil / to parch (beans in a pan, etc.)

Answer 5

煎る
[いる]
tr.

炒る
[いる]
tr.

Question 6

to crawl / to creep (e.g. insects)

Answer 6

這う
[はう]
intr.

Question 7

to bear in mind / to keep something in mind

Answer 7

心掛ける
[こころがける] **
tr.

Question 8

to file / to put something in (a folder, file etc.)

Answer 8

綴じる
> [とじる] **
tr.

Question 9

to peel off / to strip off / tear off / to rip off (e.g. stickers)

Answer 9

剥がす
[はがす] or [へがす]
tr.

剝がす

Question 10

to be found

nowhere to be found….

Answer 10

見当たる
[みあたる]
intr.

見当たらない
[みあたらない]

Question 11

to assign / to allot / to divi up (work, tickets, etc.)

Answer 11

割り当てる
[わりあてる] **
tr.

Question 12

to dissolve (something) / to scramble (eggs) / to melt / to mix (water with flour, etc.)

Answer 12

溶く
[とく]
tr.

Question 13

to be possible / to be probable / to be likely (used pre-nominally)

Answer 13

有り得る
[ありえる]

有り得る
[ありうる]

Question 14

to recite / to chant / to advocate for / to preach

Answer 14

唱える
[となえる] **
tr.

Question 15

to add liquid (esp. to a machine, etc.) / to pour

to put on / to apply (lipstick, etc.) / to color or dye / to light (a fire)

Answer 15

注す
[さす]
tr.

点す
[さす]
tr.

Question 16

to get over / to recover from / to regain one’s footing / to get back on one’s feet

Answer 16

立ち直る
[たちなおる]
intr.

Question 17

to go aboard / to get on (a train, boat, etc.)

Answer 17

乗り込む
[のりこむ]
intr.

Question 18

to become used to seeing something / to grow accustomed to the sight of…

Answer 18

見慣れる
[みなれる] **
intr.

Question 19

to be flustered / to be confused / to be at a loss

Answer 19

まごつく
intr.

*** also: まごまごする

Question 20

to arrange a time for / to free up one’s schedule

to be possible (in terms of time, money, availability, etc.)

Answer 20

都合をつける
[つごうをつける] **
tr.

都合がつく
[つごうがつく]
intr.

Question 21

to cause trouble (for someone) / to inconvenience or annoy (someone)

Answer 21

….に迷惑を掛ける
[….にめいわくをかける] **
tr.

Question 22

raise (children) / to support (a family)

to foster (growth) / to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

Answer 22

養う
[やしなう]
tr.

Question 23

to get up (from a chair, etc.) / to rise

Answer 23

起き上がる
[おきあがる]
intr.

Question 24

to go back (in time, to an origin, etc.) / to date back to / to trace back to

to go upstream

Answer 24

遡る
[さかのぼる]
intr.

Question 25

to infringe (on) / to violate (e.g. airspace) / to encroach / to intrude

Answer 25

侵す
[おかす]
tr.

Question 26

to hang something (with a string, etc.) / to hang up (a shelf, etc.)

to suspend something (from something else) / to be hanged (by the neck, etc.)

Answer 26

吊るす
[つるす]
tr.

吊る
[つる]
tr.

Question 27

to rely on

to be reliable

Answer 27

頼りにする
[たよりにする]
tr.

頼りになる
[たよりになる]
intr.

Question 28

to gather together / to bring together (alt. use)

Answer 28

寄り集まる
[よりあつまる]
intr.

Question 29

to turn upside down / to turn inside out / to turn over

to knock over / to tip over

to overturn or reverse (a decision, etc.)

Answer 29

引っ繰り返す
[ひっくりかえす]
tr.

引っ繰り返す
[ひっくりがえす]
tr.

Question 30

to be convinced of (something) / to understand and accept as valid (thought, action, etc.)

Answer 30

納得が行く
[なっとくがいく]
intr.

Question 31

to cut off someone / to cut in (a line, etc.) / to force one’s way into

Answer 31

割り込む
[わりこむ]
tr.

Question 32

to put someone to bed

Answer 32

寝かす
[ねかす]
tr.

Question 33

to engage in / to take part in

Answer 33

携わる
[たずさわる]
intr.

Question 34

to set aside / to keep apart

to remove / to exclude / to take away / to shun (e.g. remove someone from a group)

Answer 34

退ける
[のける] **
tr.

除ける
[のける] **
tr.

Question 35

to hold in one’s mouth / to hold between one’s teeth (e.g. a thermometer, a pipe)

Answer 35

咥える
> [くわえる] **
intr.

Question 36

to eagerly await / to look forward to / to anxiously hope for something

Answer 36

待ち望む
[まちのぞむ]
tr.

Question 37

to pull up / to drag up / to lift up

to salvage / to withdraw (e.g. a sunken ship) / to drag up

Answer 37

引き上げる
[ひきあげる] **
tr.

引き揚げる
[ひきあげる] **
tr.

Question 38

to run over (usu. with a vehicle) / to knock down

Answer 38

轢く
> [ひく]
tr.

Question 39

to be burdened with / to take responsibility for

to carry on the back or shoulder

to have (something) in the background / to be in front of something

Answer 39

背負う
[せおう]
tr.

Question 40

to grasp tightly / to clench (one’s fists, etc.)

Answer 40

握り締める
[にぎりしめる] **
tr.

Question 41

to remain / to abide / to stay in one place

to be limited to / to be confined to

to be parked ( a car)

Answer 41

止まる
> s
intr.

留まる

駐まる

Question 42

to be dented / to be indented / to cave in / to collapse

to yield to / to give / to sink

to be overwhelmed / to feel down / to be snubbed

Answer 42

凹む
[へこむ]
intr.

Question 43

to become a habit

to fall into the habit of….

Answer 43

癖になる
[くせになる]
intr.

癖がつく
[くせがつく]
intr.

Question 44

to vacuum (a floor)

Answer 44

掃除機をかける
[そうじきをかける] **
tr.

Question 45

to transfer a call / to announce an arrival / to intermediate (as a secretary, etc.)

Answer 45

取り次ぐ
[とりつぐ]
tr.

電話を取り次ぐ

Question 46

to get rid of completely / to throw out / to abandon (e.g. a pet or a baby)

Answer 46

棄てる
[すてる] **
tr.

Question 47

to be negligent in doing something / to be off one’s guard / to shirk

Answer 47

怠る
[おこたる]
tr.

Question 48

to change beyond recognition / to look radically different

Answer 48

見違える
[みちがえる] **
tr.

Question 49

to perish / to die out / to collapse / to go under

Answer 49

滅びる
[ほろびる] **
intr.

滅ぶ
[ほろぶ]
intr.

Question 50

to be bewildered / to be perplexed

Answer 50

戸惑う
[とまどう]
intr.

Question 51

to tear up / to tear off / to tear to pieces

Answer 51

千切る
> [ちぎる]
tr.

Question 52

to oversleep

Answer 52

寝過ごす
[ねすごす]
intr.

Question 53

to be freezing (one’s body) / to become numb with cold

Answer 53

凍える
[こごえる] **
intr.

Question 54

to envy / to be jealous of

Answer 54

羨む
[うらやむ]
tr.

Question 55

to be commonplace

Answer 55

有り触れる
> [ありふれる] **
intr.

Question 56

to change one’s clothes

Answer 56

着替える
[きがえる] **
tr.

Question 57

to put effort into

Answer 57

力を入れる
[ちからをいれる] **
tr.

Question 58

to insert / to put in (a charger into a computer, etc.)

Answer 58

挿す
[さす]
tr.

Question 59

to (deliberately) overlook / to ignore / to turn a blind eye to

Answer 59

見逃す
[みのがす]
tr.

Question 60

to lean against something / to lean on / to recline on

to lean on (someone) / to depend on

Answer 60

寄り掛かる
[よりかかる]
intr.

Question 61

to let (someone) hear / to tell (a story etc.) / to inform about

to let one know / to allow one to understand / to make one understand

Answer 61

聞かす
[きかす]
tr.

聞かせる
[きかせる]
tr.

Question 62

to get warm / to become warm (e.g. soup)

to get warm / to become warm (in a room)

Answer 62

温まる
[あたたまる]
intr.

暖まる
[あたたまる]
intr.

Question 63

to make a payment on someone else’s behalf

Answer 63

立て替える
[たてかえる] **
tr.

Question 64

to be revived / to be resurrected / to be restored or rehabilitated

to be recalled (e.g. memories) / to be brought back

Answer 64

蘇る
[よみがえる]
intr.

Question 65

to inhale / to suck in / to suck up

Answer 65

吸い込む
[すいこむ]
tr.

Question 66

to embark on (a journey or voyage) / to enter (a new field, etc.)

to lean forward / to lean over

Answer 66

乗り出す
[のりだす]
tr.

Question 67

to be concerned about (what other people think or say)

/ to worry about (other people’s feelings)

Answer 67

気に掛ける
[きにかける] **
tr.

Question 68

to beg (for) / to ask for (one’s pardon, etc.) / to appeal to / to entreat / to solicit

Answer 68

請う
[こう]
tr.

Question 69

to ask again / to ask someone to repeat what they said

Answer 69

聞き直す
[ききなおす]
tr.

Question 70

to come off / to peel off / to wear off (e.g. paint from a wall) / to fade

Answer 70

剥げる
> [はげる] **
intr.

剝げる

Question 71

to acquire a specific type of knowledge

to put on clothes / to get dressed

Answer 71

身につける
[みにつける] **
tr.

Question 72

to shift or slide something (away from something else) / to move something out of the way

to put off / to delay or postpone

Answer 72

ずらす

tr.

Question 73

to deify / to enshrine

to pray / to worship

Answer 73

祭る
[まつる]
tr.

祀る
[まつる]
tr.

Question 74

to turn over a page (in a book, calendar, etc.)

to strip off (a futon, etc.) / to tear off

Answer 74

捲る
> [めくる]
tr.

Question 75

to put one’s strength into

Answer 75

力を込める
[ちからをこめる] **
tr.

Question 76

to be embarrassed / to lose face

Answer 76

恥をかく
[はじをかく]
intr.

Question 77

to make / to manufacture

to prepare / to dress oneself up

to have

Answer 77

拵える
> [こしらえる]
tr.

Question 78

to escape (alt. use, often in an existential sense)

Answer 78

逃れる
[のがれる] **
intr.

Question 79

to accept (applications, etc.) / to allow the receiving of

Answer 79

受け付ける
[うけつける] **
tr.

Question 80

to express in words

Answer 80

言い表す
[いいあらわす]
tr.

Question 81

to move forward (a time, schedule etc.) / to expedite / to speed up

Answer 81

早める
[はやめる] **
tr.

Question 82

to make-up / to fabricate (a story, etc.)

Answer 82

作り上げる
[つくりあげる] **
tr.

Question 83

to attach (something) / to stick (something) together / to paste

Answer 83

くっ付ける
> [くっつける] **
tr.

Question 84

to pinch / to hold (one’s nose, etc.)

to snack on *(when in kana)

Answer 84

摘む
> [つまむ]
tr.

Question 85

to consent to / to receive / to look over or read / to agree or accept (humble form)

Answer 85

承る
[うけたまわる]
tr.

Question 86

to grow late (esp. at night) / to get on or advance (in time)

to age / to grow old / to get on or advance (in life)

Answer 86

更ける
[ふける] **
intr.

老ける
[ふける] **
intr.

Question 87

to bustle / to be lively or crowded with people

to prosper / to flourish / to do thriving business = (a lot of people coming)

Answer 87

賑わう
> [にぎわう]
intr.

Question 88

to put on sale / to put on the market

Answer 88

売り出す
[うりだす]
tr.

Question 89

to become known / to be found out / to come to light

Answer 89

知れる
[しれる] **
intr.

Question 90

to be given the cold shoulder / to be rejected / to be dumped

Answer 90

振られる
[ふられる] **
intr.

Question 91

to melt into / to merge into

to fit in (to one’s environment, etc.) / to blend in / to adapt

Answer 91

溶け込む
[とけこむ]
intr.

Question 92

to switch over to / to “throw a switch” and change (something)

Answer 92

切り替える
[きりかえる] **
tr.

Question 93

to be full of / to be crowded with (e.g. an area full of houses)

Answer 93

立て込む
[たてこむ]
intr.

Question 94

to tickle

Answer 94

くすぐる

tr.

Question 95

to entangle / to entwine / to develop a connection with

to become intertwined

Answer 95

絡む
[からむ]
intr.

絡み合う
[からみあう]
intr.

Question 96

to weave

Answer 96

織る
> [おる]
tr.

Question 97

to control / to crack down on / to closely regulate

Answer 97

取り締まる
[とりしまる]
tr.

Question 98

to age / to grow old / to become elderly

Answer 98

老いる
[おいる] **
intr.

年老いる
[としおいる] **
intr.

Question 99

to give (time, money, goods, etc.) / to donate to / to bestow

to preform or engage in (esp. charitable activities)

to apply (makeup) / to add (ornamentation)

Answer 99

施す
[ほどこす]
tr.

Question 100

to tell (to do) / to tell (on somebody) / to report (somebody) / to often say

Answer 100

言い付ける
[いいつける] **
tr.

Question 101

to stumble / to trip up / to trip over

Answer 101

躓く
> [つまずく]
intr.

Question 102

to drift / to float / to be in the air

to waft (e.g. a scent) / to hang in the air (a lingering feeling or mood)

to wander around (as if drifting)

Answer 102

漂う
[ただよう]
intr.

Question 103

to hold hands

Answer 103

手を繋ぐ
[てをつなぐ]
tr.

Question 104

to set up (a house, a building, etc.) / to open (a store etc.) / to prepare in advance (a meal, etc.)

Answer 104

構える
[かまえる] **
tr.

Question 105

to attract / to captivate (someone)

to fascinate (someone)

to be captivated by / to be taken by / to be charmed by

Answer 105

惹く
[ひく]
tr.

惹きつける
[ひきつける] **
tr.

惹かれる
[ひかれる] **
intr.

Question 106

to stretch out (the edges) / to enlarge (a photo, etc.)

to delay the end of (a meeting, etc.)

Answer 106

引き伸ばす
[ひきのばす]
tr.

引き延ばす
[ひきのばす]
tr.

Question 107

to be torn off / to come off / to be ripped to pieces

Answer 107

千切れる
> [ちぎれる] **
intr.

Question 108

to cultivate land / to till / to plough (agriculture)

Answer 108

耕す
[たがやす]
tr.

Question 109

to make a hasty decision / to act rashly

to move ahead by (a few hours, etc.)

Answer 109

早まる
[はやまる]
intr.

Question 110

to blast off / to set off / to launch (fireworks, etc.)

Answer 110

打ち上げる
[うちあげる] **
tr.

Question 111

to know and understand (one’s psychology, etc.) / to be aware of / to regard as / to take for

to consent / to agree

Answer 111

心得る
[こころえる] **
tr.

Question 112

to match / to combine / to match up (esp. rhythm, speed, etc.)

Answer 112

合わす
[あわす]
tr.

Question 113

to turn away / to veer away / to bear off

to go astray / to miss (a target, etc.)

to deviate from / to digress

Answer 113

逸れる
[それる] **
intr.

Question 114

to torment / to harass / to (cause) troubles / to molest

Answer 114

悩ます
[なやます]
tr.

Question 115

to connect (something) / to tie to / to fasten / to transfer (a call)

Answer 115

つなげる **

tr.

Question 116

to be overturned / to topple over / to tip over

Answer 116

引っ繰り返る
[ひっくりかえる]
intr.

Question 117

to hear (by chance or accidentally) / to catch the sound of (idiomatic use)

Answer 117

耳にする
[みみにする]
intr.

Question 118

to apply to (e.g. this rule applies to….) / to come under (a category) / to be applicable / to hold true

Answer 118

当てはまる
[あてはまる]
intr.

Question 119

to bite / to snap or snarl at (usu. animals)

Answer 119

噛み付く
[かみつく]
tr.

Question 120

to send over (someone to help, etc.) / to hand over / to forward (a letter, etc.)

Answer 120

寄越す
> [よこす]
tr.

Question 121

to print / to color or pattern fabric

Answer 121

刷る
> [する]
tr.

Question 122

to allow to escape / to let loose / to miss an opportunity (alt. use, often in an existential sense)

Answer 122

逃す
[のがす]
tr.

Question 123

to get twisted / to get wound-up

Answer 123

捻じれる
> [ねじれる] **
intr.

Question 124

to cut off (supplies, etc.) / to sever (ties, communication, etc.)

to completely abstain from or give up

Answer 124

断つ
[たつ]
tr.

Question 125

to apply (a rule, theory, etc.) / to put under (a category) / to adapt

Answer 125

当てはめる
[あてはめる] **
tr.

Question 126

to weaken (in old age, etc.) / to decline / to waste away / to fade

Answer 126

衰える
[おとろえる] **
intr.

Question 127

to search for something that is lost or missing / to seek a suspect in a crime

Answer 127

捜す
[さがす]
tr.

Question 128

to delay something (e.g. one’s departure) / to put off / to (purposely) hold up

Answer 128

遅らせる
[おくらせる] **
tr.

Question 129

to take in / to bring in / to adopt (a behavior)

to be in confusion / to take in trouble(s)

to import (in computing)

Answer 129

取り込む
[とりこむ]
tr. + intr.

Question 130

to shout at, to roar (in anger), to (loudly) use offensive language

Answer 130

怒鳴る
[どなる]
intr.

Question 131

to burn / to scorch / to char / to singe

Answer 131

焦がす
[こがす]
tr.

Question 132

to add on to (as an afterthought, etc.) / to append

Answer 132

付け足す
[つけたす]
tr.

Question 133

to kill a person with a sword or blade / to cut or chop down (alt. use)

Answer 133

斬る
[きる]
tr.

Question 134

to moisten / to dampen

Answer 134

湿らせる
[しめらせる] **
tr.

Question 135

to give an example / to bring up a topic / to cite

to conduct a ceremony (esp. a wedding)

Answer 135

挙げる
[あげる] **
tr.

Question 136

to talk back / to retort

Answer 136

言い返す
[いいかえす]
tr.

Question 137

to sink something / to submerge something (underwater)

Answer 137

沈める
[しずめる] **
tr.

Question 138

to take on (something) / to be entrusted (with a mission, task, etc.)

to have a trace of / to be tinged with

to be wear (a sword, etc.) / to carry

Answer 138

帯びる
[おびる] **
tr.

Question 139

to be curly / to be wavy / to be frizzled / to be corrugated

Answer 139

縮れる
[ちぢれる] **
intr.

Question 140

to go out somewhere in order to meet someone (e.g. picking up someone from the airport)

Answer 140

出迎える

[でむかえる] **

Question 141

to lean against / to recline on

to sit heavy in the stomach / to be uneasily digested

Answer 141

もたれる **

intr.

Question 142

to taste / to eat

to speak of / to refer to

(idiomatic use)

Answer 142

口にする
[くちにする]
intr.

Question 143

to knead (to work and press into a mass)

to work out (an idea, etc.) / to polish (refine or improve imperfections)

Answer 143

練る
[ねる]
tr.

Question 144

to be endowed with / to be gifted with (a skill, etc.)

to be furnished with / to be equipped with

Answer 144

備わる
[そなわる]
intr.

具わる
[そなわる]
intr.

Question 145

to twist / to screw / to wind (up)

Answer 145

捻じる
> [ねじる]
tr.

Question 146

to tear apart (and destroy) / to rip up

Answer 146

破く
[やぶく]
tr.

Question 147

to pull up / to bring alongside / to park (a vehicle)

Answer 147

着ける
[つける] **
tr.

Question 148

to adjoin (each other) / to be next door to each other / to be side by side

Answer 148

隣り合う
[となりあう]
intr.

Question 149

to add (as needed) / to add one thing to another (e.g. a name to a list)

Answer 149

付け加える
[つけくわえる] **
tr.

Question 150

to feel down / to feel depressed / to be in a slump or unfavorable condition

Answer 150

落ち込む
[おちこむ]
intr.

Question 151

to engage in (esp. a discussion) / to bring into (the mix)

Answer 151

交える
[まじえる] **
tr.

Question 152

to be sticky (to the touch) / to be adhesive

to stick to something / to be persistent

Answer 152

粘る
[ねばる]
intr.

Question 153

to have origin in / to be based on (usu. some factual data)

to plant oneself on (firmly) / to have one’s feet firmly planted on

Answer 153

踏まえる
[ふまえる] **
tr.