List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic)
- (family) crest, coat of arms
- pattern, figure
- playing card suit (in karuta)
popular suru verb verb (generic)
- to be titled (e.g. a book), to be named
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- rare, seldom
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to employ, to hire, to take on
- to charter (a car, boat, etc.), to hire
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) archaic
- rule, regulation
- settlement, conclusion, end, agreement, arrangement
- habit, custom, habitual way
- countenance in front of another person, face
- love relationship between a customer and a prostitute
popular noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- approval, acceptance, recognition, acknowledgement
- private seal, signet
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- dim, gloomy
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- sending, forwarding, shipping
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 suru verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be contrary (to), to go against, to run counter (to), to contradict, to be opposite (to)
- to infringe, to violate, to transgress
- to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.), to defy, to rebel, to revolt
popular noun noun (generic) abbreviation Buddhism formal or literary term
- equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held)
- Buddhist services during the equinoctial week
- nirvana
- opposite bank, opposite shore, shore on the other side