List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic) anatomy
- white line
- linea alba
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- venting one's anger (on someone or something), taking out one's anger on
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ mathematics
- emission, emanation, radiation, diffusion, dispersion
- letting out (feelings), venting
- divergence (of light)
- divergence
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb usually written using kana alone auxiliary verb Kansai-ben archaic
- to rot, to go bad, to decay, to spoil, to fester, to decompose, to turn sour (e.g. milk)
- to corrode, to weather, to crumble
- to become useless, to blunt, to weaken (from lack of practice)
- to become depraved, to be degenerate, to be morally bankrupt, to be corrupt
- to be depressed, to be dispirited, to feel discouraged, to feel down
- to have the audacity to, to be bastard enough to
- to lose a bet
- to be drenched, to become sopping wet
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- hiragana, cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
popular noun noun (generic)
- bribe, sweetener, douceur
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- father-in-law
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- (flower) bud
- promising young person, budding beauty
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to worry about, to be anxious about, to be concerned about
- to lament, to grieve, to feel sorrow for
popular rarely used kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to rub, to chafe, to strike (match), to file, to frost (glass)
- to lose (e.g. a match), to forfeit, to squander one's money