List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ãã transitive verb
- delusion, wild idea, (wild) fancy, (ridiculous) fantasy
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- prawn, shrimp, lobster
popular noun noun (generic)
- event held the night before another event, eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)
popular noun noun (generic)
- compost, manure
popular expression noun noun (generic)
- leaf (of a tree), tree leaves, foliage
popular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be needed, to be necessary, to be required, to be wanted, to need, to want
popular noun noun (generic)
- legal profession, judicial officer, lawyer, attorney
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ãŪ adjective (generic)
- perfume, fragrance, aroma, balm, sweet scent
popular noun noun (generic)
- good catch, good haul
popular noun noun (generic) jocular, humorous term
- principal object of worship (at a Buddhist temple), principal image
- idol, icon, object of adoration
- the man himself, the person at the heart of the matter