List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic) historical term
- lowdown, inside information, hidden circumstances, inside facts, inner workings, undisclosed circumstances
- inner curtain (in a military encampment)
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- smuggling oneself into a country, illegal immigration
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- fallen leaves, leaf litter, falling leaves
- leaf fall, dropping leaves, defoliation
- deciduous
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- (death from) starvation, starving to death
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- parcel, package
popular noun noun (generic)
- (railway) crossing gate, barrier (at a toll booth, parking lot, etc.)
popular noun noun (generic)
- circuit breaker
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- attachment, adhesion, insistence, tenacity, fixation, obsession, clinging (e.g. to old customs)
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be furnished with, to be provided with, to be equipped with
- to be possessed of, to be endowed with, to be gifted with
- to be among, to be one of
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 ใ adjective adjective (generic) archaic
- violent, furious, tempestuous
- extreme, intense, fierce, strong
- fervent, vehement
- incessant, relentless
- precipitous, steep