List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă transitive verb
- abuse, misuse, perversion
popular JLPT N5 ă adjective adjective (generic)
- dark, gloomy, murky
- depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood)
- dark (in colour), dull
- ill-boding, dark (e.g. past), suspicious
- unlikely (to succeed), hopeless, unpromising
- unfamiliar (with), ignorant (of)
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- self-respect, self-confidence, guts, backbone, pride, drive, willpower
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to differ, to be different, to disagree, to vary, to diverge
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to turn back, to go back, to come back, to return, to retrace one's steps
popular Buddhism noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă intransitive verb rare term
- passing on to the next life
- death
- giving up a struggle, submission
- being at one's wits' end, being flummoxed
- coercion
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to lie down, to stretch out
- to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.), to lie in wait
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă transitive verb
- snatching, stealing, seizure, usurpation
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb
- to earn (income), to make (money)
- to score (points, victory), to gain (time), to play (for time)
- to work hard (at one's job), to labor, to labour, to toil
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă intransitive verb
- packing, baling, crating