Rank Kanji Meaning(s)
1 知しる to know, to sense, to understand, to remember, to experience, to get acquainted with (a person), to have to do with
2 迫せまる to approach, to press (someone for something)
3 変かわる to change, to move to, to be different
4 勝まさる to excel, to outweigh
5 作つくる to make, to prepare (food), to raise, to till, to draw up (a document), to create (an artistic work, etc.)
6 在ある to be, to have, to be located, to be equipped with, to happen
7 限かぎる to restrict, to be restricted to, to be best (for)
8 贈おくる to give (as a gift), to confer
9 取とる to take, to pass, to get, to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.), to remove, to take away
10 送おくる to send (a thing), to take or escort (a person somewhere), to bid farewell (to the departed), to spend (time), to pass (down the line)
11 放ほうる to throw, to neglect
12 生なる to bear fruit
13 見送みおくる to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.), to follow something with one’s eyes until it is out of sight, to let pass, to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.)
14 高たかまる to rise
15 売うる to sell
16 語かたる to talk about, to recite, to indicate
17 守まもる to protect, to keep (i.e. a promise)
18 黙だまる to be silent
19 走はしる to run, to run (of a vehicle), to rush (to), to retreat
20 断ことわる to refuse, to inform, to ask leave
21 物語ものがたる to tell (a story), to tell of
22 殴なぐる to strike
23 切きる to cut, to sever (connections, ties), to turn off (e.g. the light), to terminate (e.g. a conversation)
24 募つのる to become stronger, to invite contributions, etc.
25 終おわる to end, to finish, to finish doing
26 見みつかる to be found
27 相手取あいてどる to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit)
28 受うけ取とる to receive
29 受うけ取とる to take (someone’s words or behaviour)
30 飾かざる to decorate, to display
31 縛しばる to tie, to restrict (freedom)
32 絞しぼる to wring (towel, rag), to squeeze (fruit to extract juice), to rack (one’s brains), to extort
33 図はかる to plan, to plot, to aim for, to deceive
34 競せる to compete, to bid, to sell at auction
35 止とまる to stop (moving), to stop (doing, working, being supplied), to alight
36 上あがる to rise, to enter (esp. from outdoors), to increase, to improve, to be promoted
37 振ふり返かえる to turn one’s head, to think back (on)
38 張はる to stick, to stretch, to form (e.g. ice on a pond), to fill
39 見当みあたる to be found
40 通とおる to go by, to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.), to go indoors
41 破やぶる to tear, to break through (cordon, opponent’s defense, etc.), to defeat
42 配くばる to distribute, to allot
43 決きまる to be decided, to be unchanging, to be a fixed rule
44 翔かける to soar, to run
45 起おこる to occur
46 裏切うらぎる to betray
47 登のぼる to ascend, to be promoted
48 深ふかまる to deepen
49 余あまる to remain
50 締しめ切きる to close up, to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired)
51 押おし入いる to push in
52 歩あるき回まわる to walk about
53 下くだる to descend, to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.), to surrender
54 写うつる to be photographed
55 重おもる to get heavy, to worsen (of illness)
56 打うち切きる to stop
57 浮うかび上あがる to rise to the surface, to come to the front, to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
58 引ひきずる to drag, to force (someone) along, to prolong, to influence
59 下くださる to give, to kindly do for one
60 刈かる to cut (grass, hair, etc.)
61 詰つまる to be packed (with), to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.), to shorten (width, interval, etc.)
62 残のこる to remain
63 捜さがし回まわる to search about for
64 引ひき取とる to take into one’s possession, to take into one’s care (e.g. person, pet), to leave
65 誇ほこる to boast of
66 盛もる to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.), to pile up, to administer (medicine, poison), to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
67 居おる to be (animate), to be ..ing, to (have the audacity to) do
68 揺ゆる to shake
69 頼たよる to rely on
70 引ひっ張ぱる to pull, to string (lines), to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone’s sleeve), to drag, to lead (e.g. one’s followers), to take someone somewhere (e.g. a suspect to the police)
71 持もち帰かえる to take home
72 握にぎる to clasp, to hold (the answer), to seize (power), to make (nigirizushi, rice ball, etc.)
73 減へる to decrease (in size or number)
74 広ひろまる to spread
75 削けずる to shave (wood, leather, etc.), to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.), to delete
76 集あつまる to gather
77 伝つたわる to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.), to be handed down (from generation to generation), to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.), to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
78 怒おこる to get angry, to tell someone off, to be angular
79 欲ほしがる to appear to want to have (something)
80 感かんじ取とる to perceive
81 休やすまる to be rested
82 加くわわる to be added to, to join in (e.g. a group of friends), to increase (e.g. heat), to be applied (e.g. heat, pressure)
83 乗のる to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.), to reach, to follow, to take part
84 押おし切きる to overcome (opposition), to press and cut
85 言いい切きる to declare, to finish saying
86 彩いろどる to colour, to apply make-up, to decorate
87 振ふり切きる to shake off, to swing completely (bat, club, etc.), to break off from (pursuer), to reject (request)
88 撮とる to take (a photograph), to record (audio or video)
89 収おさまる to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.), to settle down (into), to settle into (one’s position), to be delivered, to be settled (dispute, conflict, etc.), to be satisfied (e.g. with an answer)
90 備そなわる to be furnished with, to be possessed of, to be among
91 名乗なのる to give one’s name (as), to claim to be, to reveal oneself (as), to adopt as one’s name
92 頑張がんばる to persevere, to insist that, to remain in a place
93 定さだまる to become settled
94 踏ふん張ばる to brace one’s legs, to hold out
95 預あずかる to look after, to be put in charge of, to withhold (an announcement), to take upon oneself (to do)
96 立たち寄よる to drop in (at)
97 測はかる to measure, to conjecture
98 揺ゆさぶる to shake
99 見入みいる to gaze (at)
100 下さがる to come down, to hang, to move back, to deteriorate, to get closer to the present day