List: colloquial
Words not used in formal speech, writing or paralinguistics.
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 adverb noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ 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 ใ 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 ใฎ 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
ๅใพใmaepopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ 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
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 prefix colloquial noun (suffix) noun (generic)
- super-, ultra-, hyper-, extreme
- extremely, really, totally, absolutely
- over, more than
popular suffix ใช adjective adjective (generic) colloquial familiar language dated term
- -ical, -ive, -al, -ic, -y
- -like, -ish, -sort of, -kind of
- (something) like, along the lines of
- -wise, in terms of, for, from the viewpoint of, from a ... standpoint, as far as ... is concerned
- Mr., Ms., Mrs.
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb colloquial
- to float
- to become merry, to be cheerful
- to become loose, to become unsteady
- to feel out of it, to be cut off (e.g. from those around you), to feel out of place
- to be frivolous, to be uncertain
- to have (time, money, etc.) left over, to be saved (e.g. money)
- to have no basis, to be unreliable
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 colloquial usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cheek
popular ateji JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone yojijukugo ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) colloquial adverb
- nonsensical, unreasonable, absurd, unrealistic
- awfully, extremely, to excess, senseless, reckless
- disorder, confusion, being jumbled, being mixed up
- very, extremely, excessively