List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- manly, boyish
popular noun noun (generic)
- equal rights among men and women
popular noun noun (generic)
- intellectual power, mental capacity, intellect, intelligence, brains
popular noun noun (generic)
- estate, plot of land
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic)
- waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant), hostess
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb
- to keep watch (e.g. on a suspect), to be on the lookout (for), to lie in wait (for), to keep under surveillance, to stake out
- to spend a lot of money (on), to treat oneself (to), to splurge (on), to invest (in)
- to paste, to stick, to affix
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- an unsettled course of action, (orders or laws) being revised often with no guiding principles
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to die out, to peter out, to become extinct
- to cease, to be stopped, to be discontinued, to be cut off
popular obsolete reading JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- zori, traditional Japanese thonged sandals
popular JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be sufficient, to be enough
- to be worth doing, to be worthy of, to deserve
- to do (the job), to serve, to answer