List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) counter
- bowl (wooden)
- counter for bowls of food or drink
popular gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic) colloquial
- dusk, twilight
- twilight years
- melancholia, melancholic nostalgia
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to lean (to one side), to incline
- to be unbalanced (e.g. diet), to be unduly weighted towards, to be concentrated on
- to be partial, to be biased, to be prejudiced
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- simile, metaphor, allegory, parable
่ใฏใกhachipopular noun noun (generic)
- bee, wasp, hornet
popular JLPT N3 ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ noun noun (generic)
- absorbed in, immersed in, crazy about, obsessed with, devoted to
- forgetting oneself, daze, trance, ecstasy, delirium
- within a dream, while dreaming
popular JLPT N2 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to order, to command
- to appoint
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- encompassing, covering (exhaustively), including (all of), comprising, comprehending
popular JLPT N3 adverb noun noun (generic) linguistics
- approximately, about
- promise, appointment, engagement
- shortening, reduction, simplification
- contraction (in phonetics)
popular noun noun (generic)
- formal dress, ceremonial dress, morning dress, evening dress, dress suit