Rank Kanji Meaning(s)
1 行いく to go, to move, to head (towards), to leave (for)
2 追おいつく to catch up (with), to be compensated
3 出向でむく to go to
4 結むすびつく to be related, to result in
5 見向みむく to look around
6 光ひかり輝かがやく to shine
7 食くらい付つく to bite at, to get one’s teeth into (metaphorically)
8 気付きづく to notice, to regain consciousness
9 長引ながびく to be prolonged, to improve
10 上向うわむく to point upward
11 基もとづく to be based (on), to be due to
12 落おちつく to calm down, to settle down (in a location, job, etc.), to be settled
13 近ちかづく to approach, to get acquainted with
14 傷付きずつく to be wounded, to get hurt feelings, to get damaged
15 見抜みぬく to see through
16 根付ねづく to take root
17 思おもいつく to think of, to remember
18 息巻いきまく to rage, to enthuse
19 羽はばたく to flap (wings), to spread one’s wings
20 片付かたづく to be put in order, to be disposed of, to be finished, to be married (off)
21 渦巻うずまく to whirl, to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.), to surge
22 見開みひらく to open (one’s eyes) wide
23 口説くどく to persuade, to make advances (to)
24 出歩であるく to go out
25 芽吹めぶく to bud
26 春はるめく to become spring-like
27 間引まびく to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.), to run on a curtailed schedule, to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
28 持もっていく to take (something) along
29 空あく to open (e.g. doors, business), to be empty, to be vacant
30 聞きく to hear, to listen (e.g. to music), to ask, to follow (advice, order, etc.)
31 退のく to step aside, to resign
32 連つれて行いく to take (someone to a place)
33 くっ付つく to adhere to, to keep close to, to get involved with
34 めく to show signs of …
35 藻掻もがく to struggle, to act frantically
36 蹌踉よろめく to stagger, to misconduct oneself
37 引ひき抜ぬく to extract, to headhunt, to tear up, to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.)
38 引ひく to pull, to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.), to draw back (e.g. one’s hand), to catch (a cold), to subtract
39 解とく to untie, to unsew, to solve, to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.), to dissolve (a contract)
40 解ほどく to undo
41 開ひらく to open, to bloom, to open (for business, e.g. in the morning), to extract (root), to be wide (gap, etc.)
42 裂さく to tear, to cut up, to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers), to spare (time, money, etc.)
43 割わり引びく to discount, to take with a grain of salt
44 渇かわく to be thirsty, to thirst for
45 噛かみ付つく to bite (at), to snap at (someone)
46 乾かわく to get dry
47 巻まく to wind, to envelope, to outflank
48 喚わめく to shout
49 貫つらぬく to go through, to run through (e.g. a river through a city), to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.)
50 輝かがやく to shine, to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.)
51 欺あざむく to deceive, to be as … as … (e.g. “as bright as day”, “as beautiful as a rose”)
52 泣なく to cry
53 響ひびく to resound, to reverberate, to come (home), to have an effect
54 驚おどろく to be surprised
55 欠かく to chip, to lack
56 向むく to turn toward, to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.), to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.), to be suited to
57 行いき届とどく to be scrupulous
58 砕くだく to break (into pieces), to shatter (someone’s hopes, confidence, etc.), to simplify
59 裁さばく to judge
60 咲さく to bloom, to rise up (of breaking waves)
61 撒まく to scatter, to distribute (flyers, etc.), to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.)
62 取とり巻まく to surround
63 取とり除のぞく to remove
64 就つく to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.), to ascend (the throne), to start (on a journey), to study (under teacher)
65 瞬またたく to twinkle (e.g. stars), to blink (one’s eyes)
66 書かく to write, to draw
67 除のぞく to remove, to exclude
68 招まねく to invite, to beckon, to call in, to bring on oneself
69 焼やく to burn, to roast, to heat, to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.), to tan (i.e. suntan)
70 省はぶく to omit, to curtail
71 拭ふく to wipe
72 寝付ねつく to go to bed, to be laid up (with a cold)
73 振ふり向むく to turn one’s face
74 吹ふく to blow (of the wind), to blow (one’s breath), to play (a wind instrument), to emit (smoke, fire, etc.)
75 説とく to explain
76 閃ひらめく to flash (e.g. lightning), to flutter (e.g. flag), to flash into one’s mind (e.g. an idea)
77 掃はく to sweep, to gather silkworms
78 掻かく to scratch, to perspire, to shovel
79 騒ざわめく to be noisy
80 続つづく to continue, to occur again and again, to lead to, to come after
81 叩たたく to strike, to attack, to sound out (someone’s views), to pound (meat or fish)
82 嘆なげく to lament, to deplore
83 弾はじく to flip, to repel, to strum
84 弾ひく to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
85 置おく to put, to leave (behind), to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.)
86 築きずく to build, to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.)
87 着つく to arrive at, to sit on
88 追おい抜ぬく to pass (a car), to surpass
89 点つく to be lit (of a lamp, burner, etc.), to be turned on (of a light, appliance, etc.)
90 吐つく to breathe out, to tell (a lie), to vomit
91 働はたらく to work, to function, to commit (e.g. a crime), to be conjugated
92 動うごく to move, to operate, to make a move, to be touched
93 導みちびく to guide, to derive
94 突つく to prick, to poke, to use (a cane), to attack
95 突つつく to poke (repeatedly, lightly), to peck at (one’s food), to peck at (someone’s faults, etc.)
96 届とどく to reach, to be delivered, to be attentive, to be realized (of a desire)
97 覗のぞく to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.), to look down into (a ravine, etc.), to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.), to sneak a look at, to face
98 背そむく to run counter to
99 剥むく to peel, to bare (teeth, fangs)
100 抜ぬく to pull out, to omit, to do to the end, to let out (e.g. air from a tyre), to pick out