List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- memorization, memorisation, learning by heart
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- mild (climate), temperate, clement, pleasant, agreeable
- gentle (nature, personality, etc.), mild, quiet, pleasant
- moderate (statement, measure, etc.), mild, temperate
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to freeze, to become frozen, to freeze over
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone adverb noun noun (generic)
- here and there, in places
popular obsolete reading search-only kana form rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone printing
- throat
- singing voice
- gutter (inner margins of a book)
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- extract, excerpt, selection
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- hogging, having all to oneself, monopolising, monopolizing
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- (common) use (of a language, currency, etc.), current use, circulation, currency, validity (e.g. of a ticket)
- to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking), to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.), to hold true (e.g. of a theory), to apply, to be valid, to pass (for), to do well, to get by
- going in and out, entrance and exit
popular noun noun (generic)
- suspension from school
兎うさぎusagipopular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form irregular kanji usage JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- rabbit, hare, coney, cony, lagomorph (esp. leporids)