List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
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 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
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to abate, to weaken, to be emaciated, to be dejected, to be perplexed
popular JLPT N5 ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- heavy, weighty
- heavy (feeling), depressed, gloomy, blue, uneasy
- slow, sluggish, lumbering, ponderous, clumsy
- important (position, responsibility, etc.), serious, grave
- serious (punishment, illness, etc.), severe, critical
- solid, established, dignified, sensible
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb usually written using kana alone
- to go around, to make a circle around
- to surround, to circle, to enclose
- to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.), to return, to repeat, to circulate (of blood, money, etc.)
- to travel around, to make a tour of
- to concern (a matter), to surround
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- (animal) feed, fodder, pet food
- bait, lure, enticement
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- long distance, tele-