List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb suffix
- to digest
- to break down, to break to pieces, to crush
- to be able to use, to be good at, to have a good command of
- to finish, to complete, to manage, to perform
- to sell
- to do ... well, to do ... completely
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be transparent, to be see-through, to be clear
- to be clear (of a voice or sound)
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- intoxication
- being fascinated (by), being carried away (by), being enraptured (by), being intoxicated (with)
popular noun noun (generic)
- payment default, overdue on a payment
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) colloquial archaic 'ku' adjective (archaic) adjective (generic)
- without
- unacceptable, not alright, unsatisfactory
- nonexistent, not being (there)
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- superstition, superstitious belief
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to ring, to sound, to chime, to beat, to snort (nose), to snap (fingers), to crack (joints)
- to be popular, to be esteemed, to be reputed
- to state, to insist, to complain
- to fart (loudly)
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) ใช adjective adjective (generic) Buddhism
- ecstasy
- highest heaven
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb logic linguistics
- analogy
- analogical reasoning, analogical inference
- analogy
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to get (very) cold, to get (much) colder
- to feel very cold (of the body), to be chilled to the bone
- to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.), to decline