VERBS—advanced 2

Question 1

to twinkle (e.g. stars) / to flicker / to blink (lights)

Answer 1

瞬く
[またたく]
tr. + intr.

Question 2

to turn pages / to flip through / to leaf through (a book) / to consult (a dictionary or reference book)

Answer 2

繰る
[くる]
tr.

Question 3

to fall into (chaos, a dilemma, etc.) / to fall into a trap / to yield to (one’s thoughts, depression, etc.)

Answer 3

陥る
[おちいる]
intr.

Question 4

to evade / to avoid / to be exempted (e.g. from taxes, from having to serve in the army, etc.)

Answer 4

免れる
[まぬかれる] **
tr.

alt. read: [まぬがれる] **

Question 5

to step over / to step across / to stretch over / to straddle

Answer 5

跨ぐ
> [またぐ]
tr.

Question 6

to become less capable / weaken

to grow dull / to become blunt / to get rusty

Answer 6

鈍る
[にぶる]
intr.

Question 7

to be willing to do (something) / to be inclined to do

Answer 7

気が進む
[きがすすむ]
intr.

Question 8

to work out something in one’s head / to mull over / to think deeply about

to enclose with / to encircle with

Answer 8

巡らす
[めぐらす]
tr.

Question 9

to be prudent / to be discreet / to do in moderation / to refrain from overdoing

to be reverent

Answer 9

慎む
[つつしむ]
tr.

謹む

Question 10

to have the edge on something / to outweigh / to exceed / to surpass

Answer 10

勝る
[まさる]
intr.

Question 11

to make a payment via bank deposit or transfer

Answer 11

振り込む
[ふりこむ]
tr.

Question 12

to be all used up / to be run out or down (e.g. an old car) / to come to (its) end

Answer 12

尽きる
[つきる] **
intr.

Question 13

to say to each other / to exchange jokes, opinions, farewells, etc. / to quarrel or dispute

Answer 13

言い合う
[いいあう]
tr. + intr.

Question 14

to go back to (the start) / to return to (the beginning or previous place) / to reset / to start over

Answer 14

元に戻す
[もとにもどす]
tr.

Question 15

to scan / to look over / to look through (the newspaper, etc.)

Answer 15

目を通す
[めをとおす]
tr.

Question 16

to jolt / to shake (violently) / to make something shake

to cause a stir (figuratively)

Answer 16

揺さぶる
[ゆさぶる]
tr.

Question 17

to title / to give a title to

to be titled (esp. books)

Answer 17

題する
[だいする]
tr.

題される
[だいされる]
intr.

Question 18

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

Answer 18

辿る
[たどる]
tr.

辿り着く
> たどり着く
> [たどりつく]
intr.

Question 19

to rinse something (with water) / to wash out

Answer 19

濯ぐ
> [すすぐ] or [そそぐ]
tr.

Question 20

to follow along with what a person is saying / to listen (attentively) to someone’s words

Answer 20

聞き取る
[ききとる]
tr.

Question 21

to take (vitamins, etc.) / to have (a lunch)

Answer 21

摂る
[とる]
tr.

Question 22

to be partial to / to favor / to have one’s eyes set on

Answer 22

目を掛ける
[めをかける] **
tr.

Question 23

to come to an agreement (alt. use)

Answer 23

話が付く
[はなしがつく]
intr.

Question 24

to attract notice / to catch the eye / to stand out

Answer 24

目を引く
[めをひく]
intr.

Question 25

to honor (principles, etc.) / to respect (the process, etc.) / to treat something with due importance

Answer 25

重んじる [おもんじる] ** tr.

Question 26

to flock / to swarm to cluster / to crowd around / to herd / to gather

Answer 26

群れる [むれる] ** intr. 群がる [むらがる] ** intr.

Question 27

to behave or conduct oneself (as such) to entertain someone (to a drink, tea ceremony, etc.)

Answer 27

振る舞う [ふるまう] tr.

Question 28

to work something out somehow / to find some way to make it happen to workout somehow / to work itself out one way or another

Answer 28

何とかする [なんとかする] tr. 何とかなる [なんとかなる] intr.

Question 29

to interfere (with) / to hinder / to become impaired (by)

Answer 29

差し支える [さしつかえる] ** intr.

Question 30

to lurk

Answer 30

潜む [ひそむ] intr.

Question 31

to hinder / to be a hinderance / to interfere with / to be harmful to (a situation, etc.)

Answer 31

障る [さわる] intr.

Question 32

to comb (one's) hair to brush (one's hair)

Answer 32

髪をとかす [かみをとかす] tr. 髪をとく [かみをとく] tr.

Question 33

to wither / to sag / to shrivel / to deflate

Answer 33

萎む > [しぼむ] intr. 凋む

Question 34

to run over / to hit (with a vehicle) to decapitate / to behead

Answer 34

はねる ** tr. 刎ねる [はねる] ** tr.

Question 35

to happen to see / to catch sight of / to come across (e.g. someone with the same name as you)

Answer 35

見かける [みかける] ** tr.

Question 36

to make sense / to be logical to make sense / to be consistent (with facts, etc.)

Answer 36

筋が通る [すじがとおる] intr. 筋が立つ [すじがとおる] intr.

Question 37

to be easily understood / to be reasonable or easy to deal with / to be down to earth

Answer 37

話が分かる [はなしがわかる] intr.

Question 38

to compete with / to bid (at an auction) to emulate

Answer 38

競う [きそう] intr.

Question 39

to have a stuffy nose to blow one's nose

Answer 39

鼻が詰まる [はながつまる] intr. 鼻をかむ [はなをかむ] tr.

Question 40

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

Answer 40

据える [すえる] ** tr. 腰を据える [こしをすえる] ** tr.

Question 41

to discontinue / to abort / to bring (something) to a close

Answer 41

打ち切る [うちきる] tr.

Question 42

to sip / to slurp (a drink, etc.)

Answer 42

啜る > [すする] tr.

Question 43

to scoop up (water) / to ladle out

Answer 43

掬う > [すくう] tr. 抄う

Question 44

to handle / to manage / to have experience or dealings working with (e.g. an architect working on a house)

Answer 44

手がける [てがける] ** tr.

Question 45

to detect / to discover / to notice / to find out / to pick out to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)

Answer 45

見いだす [みいだす] tr. 見い出す

Question 46

to go on foot / to walk (alt. use)

Answer 46

歩む [あゆむ] intr.

Question 47

to speak ill of (someone) / to talk shit (about) / to insult

Answer 47

貶す > [けなす] tr.

Question 48

to lead / to spearhead (a group) / to command (troops)

Answer 48

率いる [ひきいる] tr.

Question 49

to lend a hand (to help out)

Answer 49

手を貸す [てをかす] tr.

Question 50

to revere / to venerate / to hold in high regard / to esteem to consider (something) very precious / to value (usu. for objects)

Answer 50

尊ぶ [とうとぶ] tr. 貴ぶ [とうとぶ] tr.

Question 51

to put someone to bed / to lay down (a baby, etc.)

Answer 51

寝かせる [ねかせる] ** tr.

Question 52

to put an eye on / to keep an eye on / to zero in on

Answer 52

目を付ける [めをつける] ** tr.

Question 53

to emit (a light, etc.) / to radiate / to give off (a scent, etc.) to release / to let go of / to fart

Answer 53

放つ [はなつ] tr.

Question 54

to narrow (something) / to contract (something)

Answer 54

狭める [せばめる] ** tr.

Question 55

to damage / to blemish / to spoil / to harm to fail in doing--- (as an aux. verb)

Answer 55

損なう [そこなう] tr.

Question 56

to get narrow / to be narrowed / to contract

Answer 56

狭まる [せばまる] intr.

Question 57

to be discouraged / to be disheartened

Answer 57

気を落とす [きをおとす] intr.

Question 58

to haggle / to ask for a discount / to try to get bargains

Answer 58

値切る [ねぎる] tr.

Question 59

to emit / to give off / to give forth / to beam

Answer 59

発する [はっする] intr.

Question 60

to look towards / to cast one's eyes on (idiomatic)

Answer 60

目をやる [めをやる] tr.

Question 61

to look up at (the sky, etc.) to look up to (someone) / to turn to (for advice, etc.)

Answer 61

仰ぐ [あおぐ] tr.

Question 62

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.)

Answer 62

巻き込む [まきこむ] tr. 巻き込まれる intr.

Question 63

to fall ill / to be diseased / to be (very) sick

Answer 63

病む [やむ] intr.

Question 64

to reveal / to divulge (important info) to pass (esp. pass the night) / to go be awake through the whole night

Answer 64

明かす [あかす] tr.

Question 65

to bury / to entomb (literally) to make a thing forgotten / to consign to oblivion / to bury the past, important documents, etc. (metaphorically)

Answer 65

葬る [ほうむる] tr.

Question 66

to urge (someone) on / to push or hurry (someone) in to acting or making a choice

Answer 66

急かす [せかす] tr.

Question 67

to challenge / to contend for / to make an attempt at (e.g. climbing a mountain) / to throw down the gauntlet

Answer 67

挑む [いどむ] intr.

Question 68

to become dim / to become blurred (e.g. an old photograph)

Answer 68

ぼやける ** | intr.

Question 69

to avert, to turn away to avert one's eyes

Answer 69

逸らす [そらす] tr. 目を逸らす [めをそらす] tr.

Question 70

to resemble very closely

Answer 70

似通う [にかよう] intr.

Question 71

to regard as equivalent, to deem as equal

Answer 71

見なす [みなす] tr.

Question 72

to hold one's breath

Answer 72

息を詰める [いきをつめる] ** tr.

Question 73

to presume / to have a sense that

Answer 73

察する [さっする] tr.

Question 74

to feel inclined to do / to feel the need to take a certain action

Answer 74

気が向く [きがむく] intr.

Question 75

to induce / to cause / to bring about

Answer 75

引き起こす [ひきおこす] tr.

Question 76

to hold back (e.g. emotions) / to rein in

Answer 76

制する [せいする] tr.

Question 77

to appoint someone (to a given task, etc.) / to command someone

Answer 77

命ずる [めいずる] tr.

Question 78

to happen across / to come across / to chance upon

Answer 78

出くわす [でくわす] intr.

Question 79

to keep someone from doing something (e.g. prevent one's progress through the forest) / to stop / to thwart

Answer 79

阻む [はばむ] intr.

Question 80

to furnish (an apartment, etc.) / to equip with / to install / to build in

Answer 80

備え付ける [そなえつける] ** tr.

Question 81

to invite contributions / to raise money / to solicit help or participation to intensify / to grow stronger, worse, violent, etc.

Answer 81

募る [つのる] tr. 募る [つのる] intr.

Question 82

to amuse oneself / to make merry

Answer 82

興じる [きょうじる] ** intr. 〜に興じる

Question 83

to accompany (to a place) / to escort / to chaperone

Answer 83

付き添う [つきそう] intr.

Question 84

to lend an ear to / to give an ear to / to turn towards to listen

Answer 84

耳を傾ける [みみをかたむける] ** tr.

Question 85

to cover one's ears / to plug one's ears

Answer 85

耳を塞ぐ [みみをふさぐ] tr.

Question 86

to not believe one's ears

Answer 86

耳を疑う [みみをうたがう] tr.

Question 87

to get wet (alt.) / to get moistened / to get lubed up to receive favors (esp. financially)

Answer 87

潤う [うるおう] intr.

Question 88

to make wet (alt.) / to get moist / to lube up to profit from / to benefit

Answer 88

潤す [うるおす] tr.

Question 89

to be out of fashion / to be obsolete / to be no longer commonly used

Answer 89

廃れる [すたれる] ** intr.

Question 90

to turn sour / to get complicated (e.g. a relationship) to get worse (e.g. a cold)

Answer 90

こじれる ** | intr.

Question 91

to extend over / to span (e.g. Mt. Fuji spans two prefectures) to straddle (a horse, etc.)

Answer 91

またがる | intr.

Question 92

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)

Answer 92

めく N + めく

Question 93

to adore / to love dearly / to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

Answer 93

慕う [したう] tr.

Question 94

to cover expenses / to cover the cost of something to provide meals

Answer 94

賄う [まかなう] tr.

Question 95

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)

Answer 95

患う [わずらう] intr. 煩う [わずらう] intr.

Question 96

to be distant / to be far away to be estranged to differ greatly

Answer 96

隔たる [へだたる] intr.

Question 97

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)

Answer 97

垂れる [たれる] ** intr.

Question 98

to have a fragrance or pleasant scent / to smell sweet

Answer 98

香る [かおる] intr. 薫る [かおる] intr.