List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N1 anatomy noun noun (generic)
- groin, thigh, crotch, crutch
- fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.), tines (of a fork)
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- going backward, turning back, backtracking, doubling back
- regression, retrogression, relapse, returning to a bad state
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- likes and dislikes, tastes, preferences, pickiness (esp. about food), choosiness, fussiness
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to sit (down), to have a seat, to be seated, to kneel (on the floor)
- to assume (a position), to take on (a duty), to occupy (a post)
popular noun noun (generic)
- mountain climbing, mountaineering
popular honorific language noun noun (generic)
- older sister, elder sister
- young lady
- miss
- ma'am
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- directions, instructions, orders, command
popular JLPT N2 noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) adverb
- urgent, pressing, immediate, prompt, express
- urgently, promptly, at once, right away, without delay, as soon as possible
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to suit, to match, to become, to be like
popular ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ noun noun (generic)
- self-evident, obvious, axiomatic, self-explanatory, trivial