List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- introversion
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- sunbathing, basking in the sun
popular JLPT N5 い adjective adjective (generic)
- far, distant, far away, a long way off, in the distance
- distant (past), remote (in time), remote, far-removed (in time)
- distant (relationship or kinship), having little to do (with someone)
- far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.), not similar, way off
- hard (of hearing)
- nearsighted
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic) adverb interjection
- how ...!, what ...!
- what?, what's that?
popular JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb usually written using kana alone suffix
- to pass through, to pass by, to go beyond
- to pass (of time), to elapse
- to have expired, to have ended, to be over
- to exceed, to surpass, to be above
- to be no more than ...
- to be excessive, to be too much, to be too ...
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- bizarre, strange, weird, mysterious
- grotesque
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- eating between meals, snacking
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- mishmash, miscellany, medley, jumble, mixture, odds and ends
popular noun noun (generic)
- steam whistle
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to breathe in, to inhale, to smoke (a cigarette, etc.)
- to suck, to sip, to slurp
- to absorb, to soak up
- to kiss