VERBS—advanced 2 Flashcards
to twinkle (e.g. stars) / to flicker / to blink (lights)
瞬く
[またたく]
tr. + intr.
to turn pages / to flip through / to leaf through (a book) / to consult (a dictionary or reference book)
繰る
[くる]
tr.
to fall into (chaos, a dilemma, etc.) / to fall into a trap / to yield to (one’s thoughts, depression, etc.)
陥る
[おちいる]
intr.
to evade / to avoid / to be exempted (e.g. from taxes, from having to serve in the army, etc.)
免れる
[まぬかれる] **
tr.
alt. read: [まぬがれる] **
to step over / to step across / to stretch over / to straddle
跨ぐ
> [またぐ]
tr.
to become less capable / weaken
to grow dull / to become blunt / to get rusty
鈍る
[にぶる]
intr.
to be willing to do (something) / to be inclined to do
気が進む
[きがすすむ]
intr.
to work out something in one’s head / to mull over / to think deeply about
to enclose with / to encircle with
巡らす
[めぐらす]
tr.
to be prudent / to be discreet / to do in moderation / to refrain from overdoing
to be reverent
慎む
[つつしむ]
tr.
謹む
to have the edge on something / to outweigh / to exceed / to surpass
勝る
[まさる]
intr.
to make a payment via bank deposit or transfer
振り込む
[ふりこむ]
tr.
to be all used up / to be run out or down (e.g. an old car) / to come to (its) end
尽きる
[つきる] **
intr.
to say to each other / to exchange jokes, opinions, farewells, etc. / to quarrel or dispute
言い合う
[いいあう]
tr. + intr.
to go back to (the start) / to return to (the beginning or previous place) / to reset / to start over
元に戻す
[もとにもどす]
tr.
to scan / to look over / to look through (the newspaper, etc.)
目を通す
[めをとおす]
tr.
to jolt / to shake (violently) / to make something shake
to cause a stir (figuratively)
揺さぶる
[ゆさぶる]
tr.
to title / to give a title to
to be titled (esp. books)
題する
[だいする]
tr.
題される
[だいされる]
intr.
to pursue (a certain course, a line of thought, etc.) / to follow up on / to follow a road
to (finally) arrive somewhere after a struggle / to barely manage to reach
辿る
[たどる]
tr.
辿り着く
> たどり着く
> [たどりつく]
intr.
to rinse something (with water) / to wash out
濯ぐ
> [すすぐ] or [そそぐ]
tr.
to follow along with what a person is saying / to listen (attentively) to someone’s words
聞き取る
[ききとる]
tr.
to take (vitamins, etc.) / to have (a lunch)
摂る
[とる]
tr.
to be partial to / to favor / to have one’s eyes set on
目を掛ける
[めをかける] **
tr.
to come to an agreement (alt. use)
話が付く
[はなしがつく]
intr.
to attract notice / to catch the eye / to stand out
目を引く
[めをひく]
intr.
to honor (principles, etc.) / to respect (the process, etc.) / to treat something with due importance
重んじる
[おもんじる] **
tr.
to flock / to swarm
to cluster / to crowd around / to herd / to gather
群れる
[むれる] **
intr.
群がる
[むらがる] **
intr.
to behave or conduct oneself (as such)
to entertain someone (to a drink, tea ceremony, etc.)
振る舞う
[ふるまう]
tr.
to work something out somehow / to find some way to make it happen
to workout somehow / to work itself out one way or another
何とかする
[なんとかする]
tr.
何とかなる
[なんとかなる]
intr.
to interfere (with) / to hinder / to become impaired (by)
差し支える
[さしつかえる] **
intr.
to lurk
潜む
[ひそむ]
intr.
to hinder / to be a hinderance / to interfere with / to be harmful to (a situation, etc.)
障る
[さわる]
intr.
to comb (one’s) hair
to brush (one’s hair)
髪をとかす
[かみをとかす]
tr.
髪をとく
[かみをとく]
tr.
to wither / to sag / to shrivel / to deflate
萎む
> [しぼむ]
intr.
凋む
to run over / to hit (with a vehicle)
to decapitate / to behead
はねる **
tr.
刎ねる
[はねる] **
tr.
to happen to see / to catch sight of / to come across (e.g. someone with the same name as you)
見かける
[みかける] **
tr.
to make sense / to be logical
to make sense / to be consistent (with facts, etc.)
筋が通る
[すじがとおる]
intr.
筋が立つ
[すじがとおる]
intr.
to be easily understood / to be reasonable or easy to deal with / to be down to earth
話が分かる
[はなしがわかる]
intr.
to compete with / to bid (at an auction)
to emulate
競う
[きそう]
intr.
to have a stuffy nose
to blow one’s nose
鼻が詰まる
[はながつまる]
intr.
鼻をかむ
[はなをかむ]
tr.
to place in position / to lay the foundation for / to settle upon / to fix one’s gaze
to settle down and deal with something / to concentrate all one’s energy on something
据える
[すえる] **
tr.
腰を据える
[こしをすえる] **
tr.
to discontinue / to abort / to bring (something) to a close
打ち切る
[うちきる]
tr.
to sip / to slurp (a drink, etc.)
啜る
> [すする]
tr.
to scoop up (water) / to ladle out
掬う
> [すくう]
tr.
抄う
to handle / to manage / to have experience or dealings working with (e.g. an architect working on a house)
手がける
[てがける] **
tr.
to detect / to discover / to notice / to find out / to pick out
to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
見いだす
[みいだす]
tr.
見い出す
to go on foot / to walk (alt. use)
歩む
[あゆむ]
intr.
to speak ill of (someone) / to talk shit (about) / to insult
貶す
> [けなす]
tr.
to lead / to spearhead (a group) / to command (troops)
率いる
[ひきいる]
tr.
to lend a hand (to help out)
手を貸す
[てをかす]
tr.
to revere / to venerate / to hold in high regard / to esteem
to consider (something) very precious / to value (usu. for objects)
尊ぶ
[とうとぶ]
tr.
貴ぶ
[とうとぶ]
tr.
to put someone to bed / to lay down (a baby, etc.)
寝かせる
[ねかせる] **
tr.
to put an eye on / to keep an eye on / to zero in on
目を付ける
[めをつける] **
tr.
to emit (a light, etc.) / to radiate / to give off (a scent, etc.)
to release / to let go of / to fart
放つ
[はなつ]
tr.
to narrow (something) / to contract (something)
狭める
[せばめる] **
tr.
to damage / to blemish / to spoil / to harm
to fail in doing— (as an aux. verb)
損なう
[そこなう]
tr.
to get narrow / to be narrowed / to contract
狭まる
[せばまる]
intr.
to be discouraged / to be disheartened
気を落とす
[きをおとす]
intr.
to haggle / to ask for a discount / to try to get bargains
値切る
[ねぎる]
tr.
to emit / to give off / to give forth / to beam
発する
[はっする]
intr.
to look towards / to cast one’s eyes on (idiomatic)
目をやる
[めをやる]
tr.
to look up at (the sky, etc.)
to look up to (someone) / to turn to (for advice, etc.)
仰ぐ
[あおぐ]
tr.
to wrap up in / to drag into
to get wrapped up in / to get caught up in / to become involved in (a bad situation, etc.)
巻き込む
[まきこむ]
tr.
巻き込まれる
intr.
to fall ill / to be diseased / to be (very) sick
病む
[やむ]
intr.
to reveal / to divulge (important info)
to pass (esp. pass the night) / to go be awake through the whole night
明かす
[あかす]
tr.
to bury / to entomb (literally)
to make a thing forgotten / to consign to oblivion / to bury the past, important documents, etc. (metaphorically)
葬る
[ほうむる]
tr.
to urge (someone) on / to push or hurry (someone) in to acting or making a choice
急かす
[せかす]
tr.
to challenge / to contend for / to make an attempt at (e.g. climbing a mountain) / to throw down the gauntlet
挑む
[いどむ]
intr.
to become dim / to become blurred (e.g. an old photograph)
ぼやける **
intr.
to avert, to turn away
to avert one’s eyes
逸らす
[そらす]
tr.
目を逸らす
[めをそらす]
tr.
to resemble very closely
似通う
[にかよう]
intr.
to regard as equivalent, to deem as equal
見なす
[みなす]
tr.
to hold one’s breath
息を詰める
[いきをつめる] **
tr.
to presume / to have a sense that
察する
[さっする]
tr.
to feel inclined to do / to feel the need to take a certain action
気が向く
[きがむく]
intr.
to induce / to cause / to bring about
引き起こす
[ひきおこす]
tr.
to hold back (e.g. emotions) / to rein in
制する
[せいする]
tr.
to appoint someone (to a given task, etc.) / to command someone
命ずる
[めいずる]
tr.
to happen across / to come across / to chance upon
出くわす
[でくわす]
intr.
to keep someone from doing something (e.g. prevent one’s progress through the forest) / to stop / to thwart
阻む
[はばむ]
intr.
to furnish (an apartment, etc.) / to equip with / to install / to build in
備え付ける
[そなえつける] **
tr.
to invite contributions / to raise money / to solicit help or participation
to intensify / to grow stronger, worse, violent, etc.
募る
[つのる]
tr.
募る
[つのる]
intr.
to amuse oneself / to make merry
興じる
[きょうじる] **
intr.
〜に興じる
to accompany (to a place) / to escort / to chaperone
付き添う
[つきそう]
intr.
to lend an ear to / to give an ear to / to turn towards to listen
耳を傾ける
[みみをかたむける] **
tr.
to cover one’s ears / to plug one’s ears
耳を塞ぐ
[みみをふさぐ]
tr.
to not believe one’s ears
耳を疑う
[みみをうたがう]
tr.
to get wet (alt.) / to get moistened / to get lubed up
to receive favors (esp. financially)
潤う
[うるおう]
intr.
to make wet (alt.) / to get moist / to lube up
to profit from / to benefit
潤す
[うるおす]
tr.
to be out of fashion / to be obsolete / to be no longer commonly used
廃れる
[すたれる] **
intr.
to turn sour / to get complicated (e.g. a relationship)
to get worse (e.g. a cold)
こじれる **
intr.
to extend over / to span (e.g. Mt. Fuji spans two prefectures)
to straddle (a horse, etc.)
またがる
intr.
to show signs of / to have an air of / to seem to be (usu. used grammatically as a suffix of nouns)
to jerk off (colloquial)
めく
N + めく
to adore / to love dearly / to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
慕う
[したう]
tr.
to cover expenses / to cover the cost of something
to provide meals
賄う
[まかなう]
tr.
to be ill / to suffer from
to worry about / to be concerned by / to be troubled by
to have trouble doing…. to be unable to do…. to fail to…. (grammatical use)
患う
[わずらう]
intr.
煩う
[わずらう]
intr.
to be distant / to be far away
to be estranged
to differ greatly
隔たる
[へだたる]
intr.
to droop / to dangle / to sag
to drip / to fall as drops
to give (as charity) / to release (a fart) / to declare / to grumble a complaint (and many other idiomatic uses)
垂れる
[たれる] **
intr.
to have a fragrance or pleasant scent / to smell sweet
香る
[かおる]
intr.
薫る
[かおる]
intr.
