List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic)
- spectator, sightseer, onlooker
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 ใ adjective adjective (generic) children's language Kansai-ben
- wise, clever, smart
- well-behaved (esp. children and pets), obedient, good
popular noun noun (generic)
- hallucination, illusion
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- exaggeration
popular noun noun (generic)
- common carp (Cyprinus carpio), koi carp
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be troubled, to have difficulty, to be in a fix, to be at a loss, to be stumped, to be embarrassed
- to be bothered, to be inconvenienced, to be annoyed
- to be badly off, to be hard up, to be in straitened circumstances
popular Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
popular JLPT N1 suru verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to guess, to sense, to presume, to judge
- to sympathize with, to sympathise with
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- latitude
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb
- ignition, lighting, firing, setting off