List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- gesture, gesticulation, motion
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- pale, pallid
- bluish-white
popular noun noun (generic)
- wash basin, wash bowl (incl. portable bowl in a public bath)
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- refinement, polish
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to pierce, to penetrate, to soak in, to permeate
- to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.), to smart, to twinge
- to be infected (with vice), to be steeped (with prejudice), to be influenced
- to feel keenly, to make a deep impression
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to add (numbers)
- to add (something), to top up (with something)
- to take care of (e.g. one's business)
popular JLPT N2 ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- valid, proper, right, appropriate, reasonable
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to be in high spirits, to be full of vigor (vigour), to be enthusiastic, to be eager, to stretch to breaking point
popular irregular kanji usage JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be mixed, to be blended with, to associate with, to mingle with, to join
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb go (game)
- to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.), to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd), to wedge oneself into, to squeeze oneself into, to intrude on, to interrupt
- to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.), to drop below
- to wedge, to play a wedge