List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
gairaigo Portuguese origin popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- tobacco, cigarette, cigar
- tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
popular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle noun noun (generic)
- gradually, by degrees, little by little, more and more, increasingly
- steps, stairs, staircase, terrace
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to take (trouble), to attend (to business), to command (army)
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb Kansai-ben dated term suffix
- to repair, to mend, to fix, to correct (a mistake, bad habit, etc.), to put right, to restore, to straighten (e.g. a tie), to tidy up (one's hair, make-up, etc.), to revive (one's spirits)
- to change, to alter, to convert, to translate
- to put back, to put away
- to cure, to heal
- to move up, to promote
- to do over again, to redo
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to imitate, to follow, to copy, to emulate
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N2 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to take on, to undertake, to accept, to take charge of, to assume responsibility for
- to take over, to inherit
- to guarantee, to vouch for
- to contract (a disease)
popular JLPT N1 noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ noun (generic) adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle
- plump, rotund, chubby
- entirely, completely, wholly
popular noun noun (generic)
- daily wages
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- (being) by oneself, with no outsiders present
popular adverb
- very much, intensely, overwhelmingly, excessively, irresistibly, without any obvious reason