List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- myopia, shortsightedness, nearsightedness
popular JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to prosper, to flourish, to thrive
popular gikun or jukujikun obsolete kanji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- nori, laver, edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- outer surface, outside, exterior
- outward appearance
- manner (with others), demeanour, (outward) bearing
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- jaw, chin
- barb (of a fishhook)
popular JLPT N2 い adjective adjective (generic) Hokkaido-ben Touhoku-ben
- loose
- lenient, lax
- gentle (curve, slope, etc.)
- slow, weak
- soft, not firm
- difficult, hard
popular JLPT N3 suru verb verb (generic)
- to concern, to be related
popular noun noun (generic)
- misprint, misspelling, typo, typographical error, erratum
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to match (rhythm, speed, etc.)
- to join together, to unite, to combine, to add up
- to face, to be opposite (someone)
- to compare, to check with
- to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate)
- to place together, to connect, to overlap
- to mix, to combine
- to put blade to blade, to fight
popular irregular kanji usage JLPT N2 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to mix, to stir, to blend