List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N3 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be open (to traffic), to lead to, to communicate (with)
- to flow (liquid, current), to pass, to get through to
- to be understood, to be comprehended
- to be honored, to be good
- to be well versed in, to be well-informed
- to communicate clandestinely, to keep in touch (e.g. with the enemy)
- to form a liaison, to be intimate
- to spread widely, to disseminate
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers), chili pepper (chile, chilli), cayenne, red pepper
- shichimi pepper
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)
popular JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to plant, to grow, to raise
- to insert, to transplant, to implant, to set (type)
- to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent)
- to instill (idea, value, etc.), to inculcate
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 ã adjective adjective (generic)
- helpless, forlorn, hopeless, unpromising, lonely, discouraging, disheartening
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 ã adjective adjective (generic)
- extreme, excessive, terrible, intense, severe, serious, tremendous, heavy (damage)
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb
- exactly, just, precisely, really, truly, surely, certainly, without doubt
- right (when), just (as)
- just (about to), on the point of, on the verge of, on the brink of
- really (ought to), certainly (should), naturally