List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic)
- Bon Festival dance, Lantern Festival dance
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to taste, to savor, to savour, to relish
- to appreciate, to enjoy, to relish, to digest
- to experience, to go through, to taste (e.g. victory), to know (e.g. pain)
popular JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to name, to call, to christen, to term
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- brave, courageous, gallant, valiant, heroic
popular irregular reading search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- childhood friend, friend from infancy, old playmate
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- wool
popular noun noun (generic)
- back and front, inside and outside, both sides
- inside out (e.g. clothing)
- double-dealing, two faces (cf. two-faced)
- outward appearance and actual condition, inner workings
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- prosperity, flourishing, thriving
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- escaping the summer heat, going somewhere cooler during the summer, summering
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- knee
- lap, knee and thigh (while sitting)