List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be used up, to be run out, to be exhausted, to be consumed, to come to an end
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb
- to pile up, to accumulate
- to estimate
popular obsolete reading obsolete kanji noun noun (generic)
- cicada, locust
- small-sized pulley
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- absorption, giving undivided attention, devoting oneself (to)
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- surface mail (by ship), sea mail
- ferry service, steamer service
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- advance warning, previous notice, prior announcement
- herald, harbinger, forerunner, portent, sign, omen
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb
- total destruction, complete destruction, annihilation, being wiped out
- total defeat, complete failure
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to operate (e.g. a machine), to handle, to manage, to control, to maneuver, to steer
- to have a good command of (a language), to play proficiently (of a musical instrument)
- to work (a puppet), to pull the strings of a puppet
- to manipulate (a person, public opinion, etc.), to pull the strings, to control from the shadows, to mastermind
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- shortness of breath, panting, puffing
- running out of steam (of the economy, a project, etc.), losing momentum, loss of efficiency
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to lend, to loan, to let out on hire