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2.1.3. Which and verbs are actually group I (consonant) verbs?

Here is some general advice on how to pick out these ones. If ...eru and ...iru words have more than one syllable before the -ru, and you can find out how they are written in kanji, whether or not the syllable ending with "e" or "i" is written in kana, or the -ru comes right after the character, will usually tell you. If the vowel is included in the kanji, it will be a consonant verb (-tte, -ranai, etc.). This doesn't work for one-syllable roots such as "mi-ru," of course. And usually, if you have what is needed to find out how it is written, you have the information you want in the same source.

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Edited from a post by Bart Mathias

Here is a fairly complete table
verbs that end in -iru
to be greasy
to be surprised
to pledge
to scatter
to mess up
to grumble
to enter
to run
to winnow
to pick, dig out
to gush, spurt
to torment, roast
to fiddle with
to become sultry
to boil down
to go in
to need
to roast
to limit
to knaw, have a smattering of (knowledge)
to curse
to become misty
to cut
to become misty
to squeak, creak
to gouge, wrench
to grip, strangle
to gouge, scoop
to come/go - humble
mingle
to feel depressed
to overflow
to wrench
to parody, to twist
to rebuke
to twist
to grasp
to edge forward
to abuse verbally
to fall, sink
to pester for
to know
to slander
to wriggle
to seethe
to be frightened
to gush
to muff lines
to jeer at
to pass by, to drop in
to twist, distort

verbs that end in -eru
to hurry
to ridicule
to chatter
to carve
to choose
to ridicule
to be absorbed in
to hide, lie in ambush
to attend on
to humble oneself
to decrease
to twist
to turn over, to wave
to feel hot
to turn over
to return
to be hatched
to become cloudy
to soar
to kick
to be crooked
to be overturned
to decrease
to temper
to refine
to knead
to fall forward
to be slippery
to flatter
to compete
to pick, play with
to talk
to grow thick
to become damp
to lie sprawled
to silp
to act violently
to shine
to pinch
to pinch
to undulate
to root with nose
to rise from the dead

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