List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N5 ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- cold (e.g. weather)
- uninteresting (esp. joke), lame, dull, weak, corny
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb computing
- to harden, to solidify
- to become firm, to become certain
- to gather (together), to assemble, to huddle together
- to freeze, to hang, to stop responding
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- otolaryngology, ear, nose, and throat department
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to take (be in) charge of
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to enclose, to surround, to encircle, to fence, to wall in
- to shelter (e.g. a criminal), to shield, to hide, to protect
- to keep (e.g. a mistress)
- to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.), to preserve
- to protect
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 familiar language usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- police officer
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to go against, to oppose, to disobey, to defy
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- cancellation (of a lecture, class, etc.)
popular noun noun (generic) colloquial go (game)
- vital part (of the body), tender spot, weak point, vitals
- key point, essential point, crux (of a problem), heart (of a matter)
- male crotch (as a target in fighting)
- vital point, critical place to make a move
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- saw