List: colloquial
Words not used in formal speech, writing or paralinguistics.
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb colloquial
- to be affectionate to, to treat tenderly, to dote on, to show one's love (for), to cherish
- to show favouritism to, to be partial to
- to fondle, to caress, to pet
- to be tough on, to be rough with, to torment, to train harshly
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ăź adjective (generic) abbreviation counter historical term shogi colloquial
- gold (metal)
- gold (color)
- gold (medal), first place (prize)
- something of great value, something golden (e.g. silence)
- money, gold coin
- sum (of money)
- Friday
- karat (measure of purity of gold), carat
- metal (fourth phase of Wu Xing)
- Jin dynasty (of China; 1115-1234), Chin dynasty, Jurchen dynasty
- gold general
- testicles
popular colloquial noun noun (generic)
- New Year's Day
- New Year's morning, morning of New Year's Day
popular JLPT N4 polite language noun noun (generic) colloquial jocular, humorous term
- change (for a purchase)
- toilet splashback
popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) colloquial
- wasabi (Wasabia japonica), Japanese horseradish
- horseradish (or any blend of wasabi and horseradish)
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 adverb noun taking the genitive case particle ăź adjective (generic) colloquial noun noun (generic)
- for the first time
- only after ... is it ..., only when ... do you ..., not until ... do you ...
- first time, (one's) first
popular JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone ă adjective adjective (generic) colloquial adverb
- terrible, dreadful
- amazing (e.g. of strength), great (e.g. of skills), wonderful, terrific
- to a great extent, vast (in numbers)
- awfully, very, immensely
popular JLPT N3 noun taking the genitive case particle ăź adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) colloquial abbreviation prefix archaic
- raw, uncooked, fresh
- natural, as it is, unedited, unprocessed
- unprotected (sex), raw, bareback
- live (i.e. not recorded)
- inexperienced, unpolished, green, crude
- impudence, sauciness
- unpasteurized beer, draft beer, draught beer
- blank (e.g. disk), unused
- just a little, somehow, vaguely, partially, somewhat, half-, semi-
- insufficient, incomplete, half-baked, half-hearted, perfunctory
- cash
- tipsiness
popular JLPT N3 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb colloquial usually written using kana alone auxiliary verb
- to break, to snap, to be cut, to split, to crack
- to be injured
- to wear out, to be worn out
- to break, to burst, to collapse
- to wear off, to stop working, to go dead
- to expire (time limit, etc.), to run out, to become due
- to run out (of stock, etc.), to be exhausted, to be used up, to be sold out, to be out of
- to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship), to break up, to have severed ties, to be cut off, to be disconnected
- to cut well, to be sharp
- to be sharp-minded, to be keen, to be shrewd, to be quick-witted, to be able
- to be short of, to drop under (a certain figure), to beat (e.g. a record time)
- to dry off
- to curve, to veer
- to shuffle (cards)
- to get angry, to snap, to blow one's top, to lose one's temper, to flip
- to be able to do completely
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ăź adjective (generic) adverb suffix colloquial
- in front (of), before (e.g. a building)
- before, earlier, previously, prior, ago, (minutes) to (the hour)
- (the) front, frontal part, fore, head (e.g. of a line)
- forward, ahead
- (in the) presence (of), in front (of someone)
- previous (e.g. page), prior (e.g. engagement), first (e.g. half), former (e.g. example)
- portion, helping
- front (of one's body or clothing), breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.)
- privates, private parts
- criminal record, previous conviction, (a) prior