List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular irregular okurigana noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ
- hangover
popular JLPT N2 ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) mathematics computing
- vague, ambiguous, unclear
- shady, disreputable
- fuzzy
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb archaic
- to fall down, to fall over
- to turn out, to play out
- to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism), to apostatize
- to roll, to tumble
- (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret
popular irregular kanji usage JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- hindrance, impediment
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become quiet, to quiet down, to quieten down
- to calm down, to die down, to subside, to abate, to be suppressed
ๅฏฟๅธใใsushipopular ateji rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- sushi, range of dishes made with vinegared rice combined with fish, vegetables, egg, etc.
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to catch, to capture, to arrest, to seize, to restrain
- to grab, to clutch, to grasp, to seize, to hold on to
- to catch hold of (someone), to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street), to hail (a taxi, waiter, etc.), to hold (someone) back, to detain
- towards (someone), at (someone), in (someone's) face
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to fish, to angle, to catch
- to lure in, to tempt, to attract, to entice, to allure
popular JLPT N3 suru verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to fit, to suit
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- contagion, infection