List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb shogi
- to point
- to nominate, to select someone, to specify some person
- to identify, to indicate, to point out
- to play (a game of shogi), to move (a piece)
- to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance)
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- hard (on the ears), offensive (to the ear), rasping, rough, harsh, grating, jarring, cacophonous
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- self-support
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する な adjective adjective (generic) transitive verb male term interjection
- rudeness, impoliteness, disrespect, impertinence
- leaving, going (on one's way), saying goodbye
- taking without permission, stealing, pinching, pilfering
- my apologies, I must be going now, so long
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to weaken, to grow weak, to wane, to decline (of one's health)
- to be downcast, to be dejected, to be dispirited
- to be troubled, to be at a loss, to be perplexed, to be annoyed
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to begin (doing), to start, to set about, to get down to
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to pass (examination)
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb
- to be reluctant (to do), to be unwilling (to do), to hesitate (to do), to grudge, to be tardy (in doing), to put off (doing)
- to falter, to slacken, to slow down
- to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool, to suffer from tenesmus
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- demotion, relegation, reduction in rank, degradation, downward move
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to deify, to enshrine
- to pray, to worship