A grammatical term for verbs that denote actions or events (as opposed to auxiliary verbs like 'be'); e.g. 'eat', 'go'.
中学の英語では、be動詞と一般動詞の使い分けを最初に習う。
In junior high English, you first learn to distinguish the use of the 'be' verb and general verbs.
日本語の「食べる」「見る」は一般動詞に当たる。
Japanese verbs like 'taberu' (to eat) and 'miru' (to see) are general verbs.
文法書によっては『一般動詞』をcontent verb（内容動詞）と呼ぶこともある。
Some grammar books call 'general verbs' content verbs.