-ku Godan/u-verb

1. to pull out; to draw out; to extract; to unplug; to weed
2. to omit; to leave out; to go without; to skip
3. to let out (e.g. air from a tyre); to drain (e.g. water from a bath); to empty
4. to pick out; to choose; to select; to extract
5. to pilfer; to steal
6. to remove; to get rid of; to take out
7. to pass; to overtake; to outstrip; to get ahead of
8. to pierce; to break through; to go through (also written 貫く)
9. to cut out (a shape); to create (a pattern) by dying the surrounding area
10. to seize; to capture; to reduce
11. to scoop (a story)
12. to take out (an opponent's stones; in go)
13. slangvulgar to masturbate (of a male); to ejaculate (while masturbating)
14. slang to take (a photo); to record (video)

suffix

15. to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to do completely; to do severely (after the -masu stem of a verb)