List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- stain, spot, smudge, blot, smear, blotch
- spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot), blemish, discoloration, freckle
popular JLPT N3 ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- coarse, rough
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- saliva, spit, spittle
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb
- to rendezvous, to meet at a prearranged place and time, to arrange to meet
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone auxiliary noun noun (generic) sumo
- should (be), bound (to be), expected (to be), must (be)
- nock (of a bow)
- nock (of an arrow)
- nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger)
- wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
popular noun noun (generic)
- reaction
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- secret (method, trick, etc.), key (e.g. to success), mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.), recipe, trick
popular ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- unkindness, unfriendliness
popular noun noun (generic)
- prefectural office (of Osaka or Kyoto)
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb suffix
- to return, to come back, to go back
- to turn over
- to become extremely, to become completely