List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb
- to restrict, to limit, to confine
- to be restricted to, to be limited to, to be confined to
- to be best (for), to be the best plan, to be the only way (to)
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb
- breathing, respiration
- knack, trick, secret (of doing something)
- harmony, balance, synchronization, accord
- short interval, short pause
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb transitive verb
- fault, trouble, breakdown, failure, being out of order
- damage (to a part of the body), injury, hurt
- problem, hitch, obstacle, hindrance
- objection, protest
popular adverb
- mutually, with each other, reciprocally, together
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- official announcement, proclamation
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic)
- public employee, government employee, public-sector worker, public servant, civil servant
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- public commitment, public promise, campaign pledge, official vow
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- public (institution)
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- devising (a way), contriving, inventing, thinking up, figuring out, coming up with, working out
- device, design, idea, plan, invention
- dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- public square, square, plaza, piazza, forum
- open space, clearing