List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb sumo suffix
- to shine
- to be visible
- to be tinged with
- to rise (of water levels), to flow in
- to be felt (i.e. as an emotion), to come over one
- to hold up (an umbrella, etc.), to put up, to raise
- to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance)
- to insert, to put in
- to wear (a sword) in one's belt, to wear at one's side, to carry under one's arm
- to insert one's arm under an opponent's arm
- to pole (a boat)
- to pour, to add (liquid), to serve (drinks)
- to put on (lipstick, etc.), to apply, to colour, to dye
- to light (a fire), to burn
- to shut, to close, to lock, to fasten
- to stop in the midst of, to leave undone
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- vegetable diet
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- (husband and wife) earning a living together
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to pass (of time), to elapse
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- yellow
- high-pitched (voice), shrill
popular JLPT N3 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to wake, to wake up
- to become sober, to sober up, to regain consciousness (e.g. after anaesthesia)
- to come to one's senses, to be disillusioned
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to assign, to allot, to allocate, to divide among, to distribute, to prorate, to apportion
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to dry (clothes, etc.), to desiccate
popular JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to make round, to roll up, to curl up
- to seduce, to cajole, to explain away
- to round off (a fraction)
- to shave (one's head)
- to lump together
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to plan, to plot, to propose, to design, to intend, to contemplate
- to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder), to undertake (e.g. business)
- to stand on tip-toes