List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N1 adverb conjunction
- next, secondly, subsequently
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to dismantle, to demount, to take something away, to detach
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to pick up, to gather
- to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped)
- to select, to choose, to pick out
- to get (unexpectedly), to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.), to snatch (an unexpected victory), to pull off
- to pick up (someone; in a car, etc.)
- to flag down (a taxi), to hail
- to pick up (a signal, sound, interference, etc.)
- to (just manage to) return (the ball), to return (a difficult shot)
- to take on (someone in adverse circumstances), to employ, to give a job, to take in
- to walk, to go on foot
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- finding (lost property), picking up
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become moist, to be moistened, to become damp, to get wet
- to profit (from), to benefit, to become prosperous, to flourish, to be made rich
- to be refreshed (of one's mind), to be enriched (of one's heart)
popular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- easy, plain, simple
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) adverb
- generally, in the main, briefly (look over, explain, etc.), roughly, more or less
- (more or less) everything, all parts, bit of everything, whole process
- ordinary, usual, average, common
- one method
popular JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb baseball
- to hang (something) on (something), to throw on (clothes)
- to hook, to catch, to trap, to ensnare
- to cheat, to evade payment, to jump a bill
- to drink (alcohol)
- to splash someone (with)
- to hit the ball off the end of the bat
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- cupboard, locker, closet, wardrobe, cabinet
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to come near (to), to approach
- to be on the verge of, to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.), to approach (e.g. a climax)
- to overhang, to hang over