VERBS—intermediate 2 Flashcards
to (strongly) hate / to detest / to abhor
憎む
[にくむ]
tr.
to bet / to wager / to gamble / to stake
賭ける
[かける] **
tr.
to overlook / to miss / to fail to notice (a mistake, etc.)
見落とす
[みおとす]
tr.
to exchange (words, messages, greetings, etc.)
交わす
[かわす]
tr.
to throw (something) into disorder / to corrupt (something)
乱す
[みだす]
tr.
to withstand / to endure / to bear / to tolerate
to put up with…. (esp. grammatical use)
to control / to retrain / to keep a check on
耐える
[たえる] **
tr. + intr.
堪える
[たえる] **
tr. + intr.
堪える
> [こらえる] **
tr. + intr.
to get hurt / to get wounded
to get one’s feelings hurt
傷付く
[きずつく]
intr.
to rewrite
書き直す
[かきなおす]
tr.
to start out / to start off / to depart (on a trip, train, flight, etc.)
発つ
[たつ]
intr.
to warm (something) up (e.g. soup)
to warm (a room) up
温める
[あたためる] **
tr.
暖める
[あたためる] **
tr.
to accomplish / to achieve (something challenging) / to arrive at a certain outcome
遂げる
[とげる] **
tr.
to guide / to conduct / to show the way / to lead
導く
[みちびく]
tr.
to lose interest in / to get sick of
いやになる
intr.
to arrange (a meeting) / to discuss (a schedule, future plans, etc.)
打ち合わせる
[うちあわせる] **
tr.
to bring about / to bring on / to lead to (e.g. exercise brings health)
もたらす
intr.
to spread / to lay out (bedding, etc.)
敷く
[しく]
tr.
to assume (a position) / to accept (a new job) / to settle (in place)
就く
[つく]
intr.
to overcome (an obstacle) / to get over / to surmount / to ride out (a crisis, etc.)
乗り越える
[のりこえる] **
intr.
to last long / to be durable
もつ
intr.
to dive into / to plunge into (the sea) / to barge into (a room)
飛び込む
[とびこむ]
intr.
to bounce / to hop / to prance / to splash around
跳ねる
[はねる] **
intr.
to explain (forcefully) / to preach / to advocate / to persuade
説く
[とく]
tr. + intr.
to steam (food)
to be hot and humid
蒸す
[むす]
tr. + intr.
to meet someone of higher status (humble)
お目に掛かる
[おめにかかる]
intr.
to be present at / to face / to approach (with a certain mental state or attitude)
臨む
[のぞむ]
intr.
to face / to look out on to (the water, etc.)
面する
[めんする]
intr.
to finish (something) / to get (it) over with / to make do with / to settle
済ます
[すます]
tr.
to hang down from / to dangle
ぶら下がる
[ぶらさがる]
intr.
to strive / to endeavor (zealously) / to make efforts towards (studying for a test, etc.)
励む
[はげむ]
tr.
to look down / to lower one’s head or eyes
to be downcast / to hang one’s head (in shame)
うつむく
tr.
to work on / to tackle something / to come to grips with (e.g. climate change)
取り組む
[とりくむ]
tr.
to be hungry (casual)
腹が減る
[はらがへる]
intr.
to succeed (someone in a business or inheritance) / to take over (a shop, etc.)
継ぐ
[つぐ]
tr.
嗣ぐ
to make a profit / to earn money / to gain
to have a child / to bear a child
儲ける
[もうける] **
tr.
もうける **
tr.
to come in contact (with) / to adjoin / to be adjacent to (e.g. two countries)
to attend to / to receive (news, a visitor, etc.)
接する
[せっする]
to have a sense about something / to have a hunch / to experience a certain feeling or mood
気がする
[きがする]
to go all out / to make an effort (in high spirits) / to be full of vigor
張り切る
[はりきる]
intr.
to catch / to stop a moving object
to react to / to cope with / to come to grips with
受け止める
[うけとめる] **
tr.
to write down / to note down / to dictate
書き取る
[かきとる]
tr.
to write down / to jot down / to note
to remember (to write in one’s memory)
記す
[しるす]
tr.
to fix a deadline / to cut off / to shut up (doors, etc.) / to close (an application process, etc.)
締め切る
[しめきる]
tr.
to establish (rule or law) / to determine (stipulations in a contract, etc.)
to make sure of / to ascertain (the truth, etc.) / to confirm / to grasp
定める
[さだめる] **
tr.
見定める
[みさだめる] **
tr.
to hate / to dislike / to be unwilling or annoyed (used in the 3rd person)
嫌がる
[いやがる]
tr.
to run into / to bump up against
to come to the end of (a street)
突き当たる
[つきあたる]
intr.
to be closed up (e.g. a wound) / to be plugged up / to be blocked / to be clogged
塞がる
[ふさがる]
intr.
to come to like
to come to dislike
好きになる
[すきになる]
intr.
嫌いになる
[きらいになる]
intr.
to catch up (with)
追い付く
[おいつく]
intr.
to be lucky / to have good fortune (e.g. on a test)
to be unlucky
ついている
intr.
ついていない
to stop / to halt! / to be still
立ち止まる
[たちどまる]
intr.
to sweep (a floor) / to gather up (dirt, etc.)
掃く
> [はく]
tr.
to bear fruit / to ripen
to prove fruitful / to pay off / to be fulfilled
実る
[みのる]
intr.
to peep / to peek / to look in / to sneak a look
覗く
[のぞく]
tr.
to stick tightly to / to adhere to (e.g. mud to shoes) / to cling to (somebody)
くっ付く
> [くっつく]
intr.
to go past / to pass by / to pass through
通り過ぎる
[とおりすぎる] **
intr.
to float (on a surface) / to be suspended
(of an idea) to present itself or come to mind “float to the conscious surface”
浮かぶ
[うかぶ]
intr.
to stir-fry / to pan-fry / to sauté
炒める
[いためる] **
tr.
to be burned / to be scorched
焦げる
[こげる] **
intr.
to deceive / to misrepresent
to gloss over (an answer) / to dodge (a question)
ごまかす
tr.
to get free / to be freed / to be released
放れる
[はなれる] **
intr.
to suit / to be suitable / to befit
適する
[てきする]
to rub (one’s eyes, etc.) / to scrub
擦る
> [こする]
tr.
to accept (conditions, etc.) / to accommodate (an idea, opinion, etc.) / to agree to
受け入れる
[うけいれる] **
tr.
to cease / to be over
止む
[やむ]
intr.
to take a bath
お風呂に入る
[おふろにはいる]
intr.
to leak / to be leaking / to filter through (the leaves, etc.)
to leak (esp. water)
漏れる
[もれる] **
intr.
漏る
> [もる]
intr.
to give away or reveal / to leak something (a secret, etc.)
to allow (water) to leak / to wet oneself
漏らす
[もらす]
tr.
to let (someone) stay over / to provide lodging / to accommodate
泊める
[とめる] **
tr.
to name / to give a name to (a newborn, etc.)
名付ける
[なづける] **
tr.
to possess / to be endowed with / to have (certain qualification etc.)
有する
[ゆうする]
to be in fashion / to be popular / to catch on / to go around (sickness, etc.)
流行る
[はやる]
intr.
to dress / to put clothes on someone
着せる
[きせる] **
tr.
to make (something) dirty / to soil / to contaminate
汚す
[よごす]
tr.
to strengthen something / to emphasize
強める
[つよめる] **
tr.
to float something / to set afloat
to express something on one’s face (tears, a smile, etc.)
浮かべる
[うかべる] **
tr.
to hesitate
ためらう
intr.
to shine on (with sunlight, etc.)
射す
[さす]
intr.
to feel shy / to be bashful / to blush
恥じらう
[はじらう]
intr.
羞じらう
to think of / to hit upon (an idea) / to come into one’s mind
思い付く
[おもいつく]
intr.
to engrave / to carve / to sculpt / to tattoo
彫る
[ほる]
tr.
to weaken (something)
弱める
[よわめる] **
tr.
to adjust (something) / to tidy up / to straighten out (one’s clothes, etc.)
整える
[ととのえる] **
tr.
to govern (a country, etc.) / to manage
to subdue
治める
[おさめる] **
tr.
to subside (a storm, anger, etc.) / to lessen
治まる
[おさまる]
intr.
to bring excitement / to stir up (a crowd) / to enliven
to pile up / to heap up (food, etc.)
盛り上げる
[もりあげる] **
tr.
to sell out / to go out of stock
売り切れる
[うりきれる] **
intr.
to deep fry (tempura, etc.)
揚げる
[あげる] **
tr.
to sell well / to be in demand / to be well known (e.g. a product)
売れる
[うれる] **
intr.
to block (something) up / to plug up / to cover up (one’s ears, etc.) / to obstruct
塞ぐ
[ふさぐ]
tr.
to make a fire, to kindle, to burn
to heat up (a stove, a bath, etc.)
焚く
> [たく]
tr.
to be profitable / to yield a profit / to make money
儲かる
[もうかる]
intr.
to take charge of / to be in charge of
受け持つ
[うけもつ]
tr.
to nibble / to gnaw / to munch
to dabble in something (a hobby, etc.)
齧る
> [かじる]
tr.
to have a go at something / to give it a try / to attempt
試みる
[こころみる] **
tr.
to be messed up / to be disordered / to be disheveled / to be in a state of confusion
乱れる
[みだれる] **
intr.
to be arrogant or bossy / to put on airs / to act important
威張る
[いばる]
intr.
to run a business / to keep a store / to carry on operations, a ceremony, etc.
営む
[いとなむ]
tr.
to argue about / to debate / to discuss (in detail)
論じる
[ろんじる] **
tr.
to accomplish / to execute / to perform / to fulfill (a purpose, responsibility, etc.)
果たす
[はたす]
tr.
to assume / to be convinced of something / to have one’s mind made up or heart set on
思い込む
[おもいこむ]
intr.
to follow another’s example
見習う
[みならう]
tr.
to seclude oneself / to be confined in (one’s room, etc.)
to be filled or be heavy with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.)
籠もる
> [こもる]
intr.
to tilt (something) / to tip / to slant
to devote oneself to / to concentrate on (music, etc.)
傾ける
[かたむける] **
tr.
to become strong / to gain strength
強まる
[つよまる]
intr.
to balance out / to be in harmony / to match (profits and losses, clothes, etc.)
釣り合う
[つりあう]
intr.
to start a conversation / to address someone / to begin talking with someone
話し掛ける
[はなしかける] **
tr.
to dance (trad. use) / to flutter about (e.g. leaves in the wind)
舞う
[まう]
intr.
to pass an examination, test, or interview
受かる
[うかる]
intr.
to become quiet / to subside / to calm down (wind, street noise, etc.)
静まる
[しずまる]
intr.
to take back / to claim and collect
to take charge of / to take custody over
引き取る
[ひきとる]
tr.
to soak something / to pickle or marinade food
to seep / to soak / to dip in (the water, etc.)
漬ける
[つける] **
tr.
浸ける
[つける] **
tr.
to be saved / to be rescued / to escape harm
助かる
[たすかる]
intr.
to have romantic feelings for / to fall in love / to be in love
恋する
[こいする]
tr.
to glare at / to scowl at / to stare at intensely at
睨む
[にらむ]
tr.
to approach (someone) / to come nearer / to get acquainted with or closer to
近付く
[ちかづく]
intr.
to be burnt / to be roasted / to be grilled
焼ける
[やける] **
intr.
to incorporate / to introduce (something) into
組み込む
[くみこむ]
tr.
to weaken / to become weak / to abate
弱まる
[よわまる]
intr.
弱る
[よわる]
intr.
to hold a grudge / to feel resentment towards
恨む
[うらむ]
tr.
怨む
to look down / to overlook (from a high position)
to look down on someone
見下ろす
[みおろす]
tr.
to be sufficient / to be enough / to be worthy of / to be of consequence
足る
[たる]
intr.
to pass / to elapse / to go by
to go through / to undergo (an experience)
経る
[へる] **
intr.
to hang (something) down / to suspend something / to sling something
ぶら下げる
[ぶらさげる] **
tr.
to mutter / to mumble / to grumble
to tweet (Twitter)
つぶやく
tr. + intr.
to go numb / to fall asleep (body part)
しびれる **
intr.
to shine / to be shining / to blaze
照る
[てる]
intr.
to lay waste to / to ransack / to ruin (something) / to cause serious damage
to troll (online, etc.)
荒らす
[あらす]
tr.
to bring something close / to put close / to allow to come near
近付ける
[ちかづける] **
tr.
to be put in (one’s) place / to be established in (a position, etc.)
to be paid off (e.g. one’s utilities) / to be obtained or delivered
収まる
[おさまる]
intr.
納まる
[おさまる]
intr.
to outrun / to overtake / to pass (a car, etc.)
追い越す
[おいこす]
tr.
to quit / to stop / to cut it out / to lay off (an activity)
止す
> [よす]
tr.
to get out of the way / to step aside
どく
intr.
to feel ashamed
恥じる
[はじる] **
intr.
羞じる
to cancel / to retract / to take back (one’s words, etc.)
取り消す
[とりけす]
tr.
to begin to rain (or snow)
降り出す
[ふりだす]
intr.
to happen to pass by
通り掛かる
[とおりかかる]
intr.
to jump up / to spring up / to fly up
飛び上がる
[とびあがる]
intr.
to swell up (inflammation of a body part)
腫れる
[はれる] **
intr.
to summarize / to aggregate / to bring everything together
まとめる **
tr.
to have a good command of / to be able to use (well) / to be good at
to digest / to break down
熟す
> [こなす]
tr.
to turn around (and look back) / to look over one’s shoulder
振り向く
[ふりむく]
intr.
to get acquainted with / to get to know (someone)
知り合う
[しりあう]
intr.
to jump off of / to jump down from / to jump out of
飛び下りる
[とびおりる] **
intr.
to meet by appointment (usu. when meeting a person in a certain place)
待ち合わせる
[まちあわせる] **
intr.
to get excited / to become roused / to become lively (e.g. a party)
to swell / to rise up / to bulge (e.g. the land)
盛り上がる
[もりあがる]
intr.
to get pissed / to take offense
to lose one’s temper / to get angry at someone
(idiomatic)
腹が立つ
[はらがたつ]
intr.
腹を立てる
[はらをたてる] **
tr.
to urge / to press (a matter, etc.) / to prompt / to invite attention to
促す
[うながす]
tr.
to be temperate in / to hold back / to cut back / to abstain (from sweets, etc.)
to be in preparation for / to be in waiting for
控える
[ひかえる] **
tr. + intr.
to rise (sun) / to ascend (as a natural process)
to go upwards (on stairs, etc.)
昇る
[のぼる]
intr.
上る
[のぼる]
intr.
to treat someone (to a drink, etc.)
to be proud / to have hubris / to be extravagant or live luxuriously
奢る
> [おごる]
tr.
傲る
[おごる]
intr.
to generate / to produce / to think up and bring into being (e.g. a masterpiece)
生み出す
[うみだす]
tr.
to exert / to exercise / to cause (e.g. to exert an influence on someone’s life)
及ぼす
[およぼす]
tr.
