Intransitive Verbs

Question 1

開く

Answer 1

あく

to open (a door, a business, etc [there are many more ways to use 開く]

Question 2

ある

Answer 2

to be, to have

Question 3

歩く

Answer 3

あるく

to walk

Question 4

遊ぶ

Answer 4

あそぶ

to play, to enjoy oneself

Question 5

会う

Answer 5

あう

to meet, to encounter, to see

Question 6

違う

Answer 6

ちがう

to differ

Question 7

出かける

Answer 7

でかける

to go out, to leave, to depart

Question 8

出る

Answer 8

でる

to leave, to exit, to appear, to go out

Question 9

吹く

Answer 9

ふく

to blow (relating to wind)

Question 10

降る

Answer 10

ふる

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc), to come down

Question 11

入る

Answer 11

はいる

to enter, to go into

Question 12

始まる

Answer 12

はじまる

to begin

Question 13

晴れる

Answer 13

はれる

to be sunny, to clear up, to stop raining

Question 14

走る

Answer 14

はしる

to run

Question 15

働く

Answer 15

はたらく

to work

Question 16

行く

Answer 16

いく

to go, to move

Question 17

居る

Answer 17

いる

to be, to have (usually written using kana alone)

Question 18

要る

Answer 18

いる

to be needed

Question 19

帰る

Answer 19

かえる

to go back, to return, to come home

(also in baseball, can mean to get to home plate)

Question 20

掛かる

Answer 20

かかる

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)

(another verb that has many meanings)

Question 21

消える

Answer 21

きえる

to go out, to vanish, to disappear

Question 22

困る

Answer 22

こまる

to be troubled, to be bothered, to be badly off

Question 23

答える

Answer 23

こたえる

to answer, to reply

Question 24

曇る

Answer 24

くもる

to become cloudy/overcast; to fog up

Question 25

来る

Answer 25

くる | to come ## Footnote (many other uses!)

Question 26

曲がる

Answer 26

まがる | to turn, to bend, to warp, to wind, to twist

Question 27

待つ

Answer 27

まつ | to wait

Question 28

鳴く

Answer 28

なく | to make sound (of an animal), to call, to chirp, etc.,

Question 29

並ぶ

Answer 29

ならぶ | to line up, to stand in a line

Question 30

寝る

Answer 30

ねる | to lie down, to go to/lie in bed, to sleep (lying down)

Question 31

登る

Answer 31

のぼる | to ascend, to go up, to climb

Question 32

乗る

Answer 32

のる | to get on (train, plane, bush, ship, etc.,)

Question 33

起きる

Answer 33

おきる | to get up, to wake up, to blaze up (fire)

Question 34

降りる

Answer 34

おりる | to get off (a train, bus, etc.,)

Question 35

終わる

Answer 35

おわる | to end, to come to an end, to close, to finish

Question 36

泳ぐ

Answer 36

およぐ | to swim

Question 37

咲く

Answer 37

咲く | to bloom, to flower, to blossom

Question 38

差す

Answer 38

さす | to hold up (an umbrealla, etc.) ## Footnote (another word with lots of meanings)

Question 39

閉まる

Answer 39

しまる | to close, to be closed

Question 40

死ぬ

Answer 40

しぬ | to die

Question 41

住む

Answer 41

すむ | to live (of humans), to reside, to inhabit

Question 42

座る

Answer 42

すわる | to sit, to squat

Question 43

立つ

Answer 43

たつ | to stand, to rise, to stand up

Question 44

飛ぶ

Answer 44

とぶ | to fly, to soar, to jump, to hop

Question 45

止まる

Answer 45

とまる | to stop, to come to a halt

Question 46

疲れる

Answer 46

つかれる | to get tired

Question 47

着く

Answer 47

つく | to arrive at, to reach

Question 48

生まれる

Answer 48

うまれる | to be born

Question 49

歌う

Answer 49

うたう | to sing ## Footnote (both intransitive and transitive)

Question 50

分かる

Answer 50

わかる | to understand, to comprehend

Question 51

渡る

Answer 51

わたる | to cross over, to go across

Question 52

休む

Answer 52

やすむ | to be absent, to take a day off, to rest