VERBS—master

Question 1

to look old / to get old (often used for objects)

Answer 1

古びる
[ふるびる] **
intr.

Question 2

to put on lipstick

Answer 2

口紅を塗る
[くちべにをぬる]
tr.

口紅をつける
[くちべにをつける]
tr.

Question 3

to spur on / to impel / to drive forward

to be driven by / to succumb to (esp. one’s feelings or emotions)

Answer 3

駆る
[かる]
tr.

駆られる
[かられる]
intr.

Question 4

to creak / to squeak / to make a (prolonged) grating sound

Answer 4

軋む
[きしむ]
intr.

Question 5

to end / to be finished / to be exhausted

to die out / to perish

(literary)

Answer 5

果てる
[はてる] **
intr.

Question 6

to dispatch / to undertake / “to do” with more emphasis (literary use)

Answer 6

遣る
[やる]

*** alt. kanji for やる

Question 7

to distinguish / to tell apart / to differentiate (both visually and figuratively)

Answer 7

見分ける
[みわける] **
tr.

Question 8

to take over / to hand over / to inherit / to assume (a job, ownership, etc.)

Answer 8

引き継ぐ
[ひきつぐ]
tr.

Question 9

to put on a coat, sweater, or other type of outerwear

Answer 9

羽織る

[はおる]

Question 10

to dry up completely (like beef jerky) / to become stale

Answer 10

干からびる
> [ひからびる] **
intr.

Question 11

to become hoarse (esp. one’s voice)

Answer 11

しゃがれる **

intr.

Question 12

to lean against / to rest against (e.g. one’s back against a wall)

Answer 12

もたせ掛ける
> [もたせかける] **
tr.

Question 13

to scramble up / to clamber over / to claw one’s way up

Answer 13

よじ登る
[よじのぼる]
intr.

Question 14

to become acclimated to / to grow accustomed to (a new environment, etc.)

Answer 14

馴染む
[なじむ]
intr.

Question 15

to open one’s eyes widely

Answer 15

見開く
[みひらく]
tr.

Question 16

to be unable to move (due to fear, etc.) / to be paralyzed / to be stupefied (with amazement)

Answer 16

立ちすくむ
[たちすくむ]
intr.

Question 17

to live (of animals) / to inhabit / to nest in

Answer 17

棲む
[すむ]
intr.

Question 18

to stoop / to bend

to bend one’s body / to stoop down (e.g. in order to move through a wind cave)

Answer 18

屈める
> [かがめる] **
tr.

身を屈める
> [みをかがめる] **
tr.

Question 19

to blaze / to burn brightly (e.g. a house fire)

Answer 19

燃え盛る
[もえさかる]
intr.

Question 20

to be struck / to be beaten

to have one’s heart struck by / to be greatly impressed or moved by something

Answer 20

打たれる
[うたれる] **
intr.

心が打たれる
[こころがうたれる] **
intr.

Question 21

to recite (e.g. a poem) / to chant

to compose (e.g. a Japanese poem) / to write

Answer 21

詠む
[よむ]
tr.

Question 22

to pass away / to go into the next life (alt., honorific)

Answer 22

逝く
[いく]
intr.

Question 23

to cast (metal) / to mint (coins)

Answer 23

鋳る
> [いる] **
tr.

Question 24

to undulate / to surge / to swell

to wind (of a road) / to meander / to twist

Answer 24

畝ねる
[うねる]
intr.

Question 25

to spin / to make yarn / (figuratively) to spin a yarn (tell a story)

Answer 25

紡ぐ
[つむぐ]
tr.