List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic)
- nameplate, doorplate
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 JLPT N2 ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- humid, sultry
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to not match well (e.g. at the seams), to not mesh properly (of gears)
- to differ (e.g. of opinions), to clash, to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts), to run counter (to), to be inconsistent (with), to be contradictory
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- canteen, flask, water bottle, thermos
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to break, to fracture, to break off, to snap off, to pick (e.g. flowers)
- to fold, to bend
- to make (origami)
- to interrupt, to end
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- vocabulary, lexicon, lexis, terminology
popular obsolete reading sensitive noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- beggar
- begging