List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- unsatisfied, unsatisfactory, insufficient in some way, lacking something
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb
- study, pursuit of knowledge
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to compromise, to meet halfway
- to step up to, to walk up to, to approach
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to yearn for, to long for, to pine for, to miss, to love dearly, to adore
- to follow (someone)
- to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to tell someone's fortune, to divine (the future)
- to predict, to forecast
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- washing one's face
popular noun noun (generic)
- washroom, bathroom
popular ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- coarse, rough, bulky
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- farewell, send-off
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to launch, to shoot up, to hit (a ball) high
- (of waves) to dash, to wash up (ashore)
- to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament), to close
- to report (to boss, etc.)