List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- self-education, self-instruction, self-study
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to enter, to come in, to go in, to get in, to arrive
- to join (a club, company, etc.), to enter (a university, the army, etc.), to enroll (in), to go into (e.g. politics), to get into
- to be contained (in), to be included (in), to be inside (e.g. a box), to come under (a heading), to belong (in a category)
- to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.), to be (able to be) held, to be (able to be) accommodated
- to be introduced, to be brought in, to be installed
- to be received, to be obtained
- to be scored (of points), to be won (of votes)
- to turn on, to start functioning, to start working
- to enter (a month, season, etc.), to reach (e.g. a climax), to get to (e.g. the main topic), to enter into (e.g. negotiations), to start (doing), to begin
- to form (of a crack, fissure, etc.), to develop
- to be put in (of effort, spirit, feeling, etc.), to be applied (e.g. of strength)
- to be ready (of tea, coffee, etc.), to be made
- to enter the body (of alcohol), to become drunk
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shลwa), Japanese era name
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb archaic
- failure, collapse, breakdown, break-up, bankruptcy
- tear (in clothing, etc.), rip, split
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- appendix, supplement, annex, extra (of a newspaper or magazine)
popular rarely used kanji form ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- pitiful, heartbreaking, heartrending, touching, tragic, sad, hurtful
popular noun noun (generic) sumo noun (suffix)
- fall, decline, lowering, hanging down, drooping, slanting (downward)
- string apron, ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt
- food offering to the gods, leftovers, hand-me-downs
- leaving (one's master's place for home)
- a little after ...
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- piling up, accumulating, forming a (huge) pile, lying in piles
popular noun noun (generic)
- succession, continuation, series, sequence
popular JLPT N1 ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- long and large, tall and large, grand, huge