List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic)
- stationery
popular noun noun (generic)
- unaffiliated voters, floating voters, swinging voters
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- scattering of ashes (cremated remains)
popular irregular kanji usage な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- reckless, thoughtless, rash, ill-advised, impulsive, mad (e.g. scheme)
popular JLPT N1 い adjective adjective (generic)
- famous, noted, renowned, celebrated, well-known
popular noun noun (generic)
- fame, reputation, renown
popular JLPT N3 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to order, to command
- to appoint
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- cotton (material)
- red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
popular search-only kana form JLPT N4 noun noun (generic)
- reason, cause, grounds
- meaning, sense
- (good) sense, reason
- circumstances, case
- (romantic) relationship, love affair
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- negligence, carelessness, inattention, unpreparedness