List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- talent, gift, function
- noh (theatre)
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- haiku, 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) adverb
- day after day, every day
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- dispute, controversy, debate, argument, taking issue
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- logic
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ใใงudepopular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic)
- arm
- ability, skill, talent, competence
- (physical) strength
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb
- make-up, makeup, cosmetics
- decoration, dressing, veneer
popular noun noun (generic)
- head (of a household), proprietor (of a store), proprietress, landlord, landlady
- one's husband
- (one's) employer, (one's) master
- host, hostess
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- wound, injury, cut, gash, bruise, scratch, scrape, scar
- chip, crack, scratch, nick
- flaw, defect, weakness, weak point
- stain (on one's reputation), disgrace, dishonor, dishonour
- (emotional) hurt, hurt feelings
popular gikun or jukujikun obsolete reading JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- another person, other people, others
- unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood)
- outsider, stranger