Australia and the World Past and Present

Here is a list of obscure Japanese verbs. They are words from the highest level of the Japan Kanji Aptitude Test (日本漢字能力検定, Nihon Kanji Nōryoku Kentei) – level 1. It is by no means an exhaustive list.

1. 乞う – kou – beg
2. 乖る – motoru – disobey
3. 仄めく – honomeku – to be seen dimly, to glimmer
4. 仄めかす – honomekasu – to hint
5. 安んずる – yasunzuru – to be at ease
6. 逃れる – nogareru – run away
7. 徘う – samayou – wander about
8. 彷う – samayou – wander about
9. 徉う – samayou – wander about
10. 俯す – utsubusu – lie face down
11. 偸む – nusumu – steal
12. 傅く – kashizuku – to wait upon, to serve
13. 強張る – kowabaru – stiffen
14. 儚む – hakanamu – to despair
15. 冀う – koinegau – strongly desire
16. 冱える – saeru – freeze, be cold, be clear
17. 凭れる – motareru – lean on
18. 刎ねる – haneru – decapitate
19. 刮げる – kosogeru – scrape off, shave off
20. 剽かす – obiyakasu – threaten
21. 劈く – tsunzaku – to break, to tear, to pierce, to split, to burst
22. 匍う – hau – crawl, creep
23. 厲ぐ – togu – sharpen
24. 勵む – hagemu – strive, encourage
25. 簒う – ubau – rob
26. 吶る – domoru – stutter
27. 咎める – togameru – blame
28. 呟く – tsubuyaku – mutter
29. 呷る – aoru – sip
30. 呻く – umeku – moan, groan
31. 咥える – kuwaeru – hold in one’s mouth
32. 諮る – hakaru – discuss
33. 哮ける – takeru – rage
34. 哢る – saezuru – sing
35. 啀む – igamu – quarrel
36. 啣える – kuwaeru – hold in one’s mouth
37. 售る – uru – sell
38. 啖す – kurawasu – eat
39. 喘ぐ – aegu – pant
40. 喞つ – kakotsu – complain
41. 嗄れる – shiwagareru – become hoarse
42. 嗜む – tashinamu – to like
43. 嘲う – azawarau – ridicule
44. 嘔く – mukatsuku – feel sick
45. 嘖む – sainamu – torment
46. 嗾す – sosonokasu – tempt
47. 嗾ける – keshikakeru – incite
48. 噎ぶ – musebu – choke
49. 嘶く – inanaku – to neigh
50. 噤む – tsugumu – to shut one’s mouth, hold one’s tongue
51. 嘯く – usobuku – to declare, boast, roar
52. 鳴り響く – narihibiku – to resound, to echo
53. 顰める – shikameru – to scowl, frown
54. 囃す – hayasu – play (music), beat time, banter, jeer, applaud
55. 挾む – sashihasamu – insert
56. 奠める – sadameru -to decide, establish
57. 妝う – yosou – be dressed in
58. 姙む – haramu – become pregnant
59. 姙る – migomoru – become pregnant
60. 嬲る – naburu – jeer
61. 孵る – kaeru – to hatch out
62. 屠る – hofuru – slaughter, massacre
63. 峙つ – sobadatsu – to tower
64. 似通う – nikayou – resemble
65. 徇える – tonaeru – announce, follow, obey, lay down one’s life
66. 忤う – sakarau – disobey
67. 怱てる – awateru – rush, be flustered
68. 怺える – koraeru – to endure
69. 脅かす – obiyakasu – threaten
70. 恍ける – obokeru – to play dumb
71. 悛める – aratameru – to correct
72. 悴れる – yatsureru – to become thin
73. 悴む – kajikamu – grow numb with cold
74. 愬える – uttaeru – complain
75. 懈る – okotaru – to neglect
76. 懣える – modaeru – to worried, be in agony
77. 懺いる – kuiru – regret
78. 蔓延る – habikoru – grow thickly
79. 扣える – hikaeru – knock, tap (a button)
80. 抉る – kojiru – to pry, to prise