List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to associate with, to keep company with, to go out with, to go steady with, to get on with
- to go along with, to follow someone's lead, to accompany someone, to compromise
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- oversight, omission
popular JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to stop, to stay (e.g. the night), to cease, to put an end to
- to contain, to keep (in position, in place), to limit
- to record (e.g. a fact), to retain
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- miserable, pitiable, shameful, deplorable, pathetic
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to lie down, to throw oneself down
popular ateji rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) ใช adjective adjective (generic) slang noun (prefix) noun (suffix) abbreviation
- idiot, moron, fool
- stupid, foolish, dull, absurd, ridiculous
- trivial, insignificant, disappointing
- malfunctioning, defective, losing sensation
- incredibly, unusually, exceptionally
- fervent enthusiast, nut, person singularly obsessed with something
- Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell)
popular JLPT N1 grammar noun noun (generic)
- particle, postpositional word in Japanese grammar that functions as an auxiliary to a main word
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N4 honorific language godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to eat, to drink
popular noun noun (generic)
- lowercase letter
- small letter
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to board (a train, plane, etc.), to get into (a car), to get on (a bus), to go on board, to get aboard
- to march into, to enter, to arrive (at, in)