VERBS—intermediate 1 Flashcards
to be amazed / to be stunned by / to be astonished
呆れる
[あきれる] **
intr.
to call on someone who is ill
見舞う
[みまう]
tr.
to illuminate / to shine on
照らす
[てらす]
tr.
to be wild / to get rough (the weather, etc.)
荒れる
[あれる] **
intr.
to feel pressured / to feel hurried / to be anxious (to do)
焦る
[あせる]
intr.
to hold (open) an umbrella / to hold something over one’s head / to extend one’s arm
差す
[さす]
tr.
to stretch out / to hold out / to present / to extend (a hand for shaking, etc.)
差し出す
[さしだす]
tr.
to be sunny / to clear up (e.g. stop raining)
晴れる
[はれる] **
intr.
to stroke / to pet (an animal) / to caress
撫でる
[なでる] **
tr.
to rank next / to come next / to be the next (best, etc.)
次ぐ
[つぐ]
intr.
to be prolonged / to drag on
長引く
[ながびく]
intr.
to prohibit / to ban something
禁じる
[きんじる] **
tr.
to well up (with emotion)
to gush forth (water, etc.) / to spring out / to surge
湧く
[わく]
intr.
to smell (pleasant) / to be fragrant
to smell (bad) / to stink
匂う
[におう]
intr.
臭う
[におう]
intr.
to fold (clothes, bedding)
畳む
[たたむ]
tr.
to lose (an object) / to get rid of something
to lose (in death) / to suffer the death of another person
無くす
> [なくす]
tr.
亡くす
[なくす]
tr.
to take a breath
息を吸う
[いきをすう]
tr.
to wring out (a towel, etc.) / to squeeze
to extract (juices) / to squeeze something in order to make liquid (a fruit, etc.)
絞る
[しぼる]
tr.
搾る
[しぼる]
tr.
to bark / to roar / to howl
吠える
[ほえる] **
intr.
to support / to sustain / to bear (one’s weight, etc.) / to hold in check
支える
[ささえる] **
tr.
to stiffen / to tighten up / to strain / to stretch
to put up (a tent)
張る
[はる]
intr.
to crush / to break / to smash something (into small pieces)
砕く
[くだく]
tr.
to squat down / to crouch
しゃがむ
intr.
to be crushed / to break (into pieces) / to crumble
砕ける
[くだける] **
intr.
to be complete / to be settled
to feel at ease (‘excuse me’ when in the neg. form)
済む
[すむ]
intr.
to yearn after / to long for
to have a romantic notion of
憧れる
[あこがれる] **
intr.
to lead / to conduct / to take (along)
連れる
[つれる] **
tr. + intr.
to turn something towards / to point (something at) / to aim (using something)
向ける
[むける]
tr.
to surprise (someone) / to give a surprise / to frighten
驚かす
[おどろかす]
tr.
to call for someone (esp. on a phone) / to summon
呼び出す
[よびだす]
to pinch / to get something caught (in) / to put in between
to be on either side of (a table, a road, etc.)
挟む
[はさむ]
tr.
to account for (a percentage of something, etc.) / to make up (a group)
to occupy (a position) / to hold (a rank)
占める
[しめる] **
tr.
to make (something) uniform / to put (something) in order / to gather together
揃える
> [そろえる] **
tr.
to perform (a play) / to play or act (a part in a movie, etc.)
演じる
[えんじる] **
tr.
to stare at (a person) / to gaze at (a painting, etc.) / to fix one’s eyes on
見つめる
[みつめる] **
tr.
to pile up / to accumulate (e.g. snow)
積もる
[つもる]
intr.
to look out over / to survey (a landscape, a scene, etc.) / to take an extensive view of
見渡す
[みわたす]
tr.
to burn something
燃やす
[もやす]
tr.
to be chipped / to be damaged / to be broken
to be lacking / to be missing
欠ける
[かける] **
intr.
to vow / to swear / to make an oath / to take a pledge
誓う
[ちかう]
tr.
to behave violently / to rage / to be riotous
暴れる
[あばれる] **
intr.
to appear in print / to be published
載る
[のる]
intr.
to translate
訳す
[やくす]
tr.
to hold (something) down / to pin down / to hold back / to hold open (a door, etc.)
to suppress / bring under control / to contain (secret information, etc.)
押さえる
[おさえる] **
tr.
抑える
[おさえる] **
tr.
to be proud of (something) / to pride oneself on / to boast about (a skill, etc.)
誇る
[ほこる]
tr.
to go mad (insane)
to go out of order (machinery, etc.)
狂う
[くるう]
intr.
to rub / to massage / to knead
揉む
[もむ]
tr.
to simmer (vegetables, etc.)
煮る
[にる] **
tr.
to shrink / to contract / to diminish in size
to be shortened / to be contracted / to become shrunken
縮む
[ちぢむ]
intr.
縮まる
[ちぢまる]
intr.
to beckon to / to call someone in / to call someone over / to invite
招く
[まねく]
tr.
to stand up (emphatically) / to rise up / to take action
立ち上がる
[たちあがる]
intr.
to be full of (ambition, etc.) / to be filled with
to wax (moon) / to rise (tide)
満ちる
[みちる] **
intr.
to flatter someone (by giving compliments, etc.)
おだてる **
tr.
to smile
微笑む
[ほほえむ]
intr.
to meet / to encounter / to get caught in (usu. with neg. connotation)
遭う
[あう]
intr.
to go against / to disobey / to defy / to oppose
逆らう
[さからう]
intr.
to dawn / to break into daylight / to begin or end (used for events, seasons, etc.)
明ける
[あける] **
intr.
to get damp / to be moist / to be wet
to be in low spirits / to be depressed (usu. when conjugated)
湿る
[しめる]
intr.
to embrace (with affection) / to harbor a dream or ambition / to bear a grudge
to hold someone close / to spoon with / to have sex with
抱く
[いだく]
tr.
抱く
[だく]
tr.
to scatter / to sprinkle (with)
to distribute (flyers, etc.)
to plant seeds / to sow
まく
tr.
to become cloudy / to become overcast
曇る
[くもる]
intr.
to reverberate (with sound) / to vibrate / to echo
響く
[ひびく]
intr.
to beat (another team, etc.) / to beat up / to do away with or finish off
やっつける **
tr.
to belong to / to be a member (of a group)
属する
[ぞくする]
to reach / to come up to / to amount to / to extend to / to be up to (a task, etc.)
及ぶ
[およぶ]
intr.
to fill (a bowl) / to dish out food
/ to give a large helping
to heap / to pile up
盛る
[もる]
intr.
to become broken (in pieces) / to be split / to be divided
割れる
[われる] **
intr.
to turn (something) over / to turn inside out
裏返す
[うらがえす]
tr.
to sweat / to perspire
to be sweaty
汗をかく
[あせをかく]
intr.
汗ばむ
[あせばむ]
intr.
to compete / to contend / to contest / to quarrel
to dispute / to deny (evidence, etc.)
争う
[あらそう]
intr.
to attack / to raid / to strike / to hunt down
襲う
[おそう]
tr.
to scold / to reprimand
叱る
> [しかる]
tr.
to move something out of the way / to move something aside
どける **
tr.
to shrink / to shorten / to reduce (time, size, etc.)
縮める
[ちぢめる] **
tr.
to reform / to change for the better
to do (more) formally / to do in the proper way
改める
[あらためる] **
tr.
to spoil (someone) / to pamper
甘やかす
[あまやかす]
tr.
to thrust into / to cram into
to plunge into / to go in deeply
突っ込む
[つっこむ]
tr.
to torment (someone) / to harass / to cause suffering
苦しめる
[くるしめる] **
tr.
to poke / to prick / to jab / to thrust / to ram / to shoot (pool, etc.)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly) / to nudge / to peck at (one’s food, etc.)
突く
> [つく]
tr.
突く
> [つつく]
tr.
to want (when in the 3rd person)
欲しがる
[ほしがる]
tr.
