Japanese Consonant and Vowel Verbs - List of Consonant Stem Verbs Ending in iru

List of Consonant Stem Verbs Ending in iru

Verb Kanji English
aburagiru 脂ぎる to be greasy
bibiru びびる to be surprised
chigiru 契る to pledge
chiru 散る to scatter
dojiru どじる to mess up
guchiru 愚痴る to grumble
hairu 入る to enter
hashiru 走る to run
hiru 放る to fart, to expel (from the body)
hojiru 穿る to pick, dig out
hotobashiru 迸る to gush, spurt
ibiru いびる to torment, roast
ijiru 弄る to fiddle with
ikiru 熱る to become sultry (note that ikiru (生きる) meaning "to live, to stay alive" is a vowel-stem verb)
iru 炒る to boil down, to roast (note that iru (居る) meaning "to be" is a vowel-stem verb)
iru 入る to go in (see iru above)
iru 要る to need (see iru above)
kagiru 限る to limit
kajiru 齧る to gnaw
kashiru 呪る to curse
kiru 霧る to become misty (note that kiru (着る) meaning "to put on " is a vowel-stem verb)
kiru 切る to cut (see kiru above)
kishiru きしる to become misty
kishiru 軋る to squeak, creak
kojiru 抉る to gouge, wrench
kubiru 括る to grip, strangle
kujiru 抉る to gouge, scoop
mairu 参る to come/go - humble
majiru 混じる mingle
meiru 滅入る to feel depressed
mikubiru 見縊る to belittle; to despise
minagiru 漲る to overflow
mogiru 捥る to wrench
mojiru 捩る to parody, to twist
mushiru 毟る to pluck, to pick, to tear
najiru 詰る to rebuke
nejiru 捩じる to twist
nigiru 握る to grasp
nijiru 躙る to edge forward
nonoshiru 罵る to abuse verbally
ochiiru 陥る to fall, sink
omoiiru 思い入る to ponder, to contemplate
omoikiru 思い切る to dare to (usually in the form omoikitte (思い切って) or omoikitta (思い切った).)
sebiru せびる to pester for
shiru 知る to know
soshiru 謗る to slander
sujiru 捩る to wriggle
tagiru 滾る to boil, to seethe
tamagiru 魂消る to be frightened
tobashiru 迸る to gush
tochiru とちる to muff lines
yajiru 弥次る・野次る to jeer at
yogiru 過る to pass by, to drop in
yojiru 捩る to twist, distort
yokogiru 横切る to traverse

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