List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) historical term abbreviation shogi suffix archaic
- silver (Ag)
- silver (color)
- silver (medal, prize, etc.)
- silver coin
- silver general
- bank
- money
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- situation, (present) state of affairs, circumstances
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic) philosophy
- synthesis, combination, integration, putting together
- general, combined, composite, mixed, integrated, comprehensive
- synthesis, colligation
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- transactions, dealings, business
popular irregular okurigana rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- talk, speech, chat, conversation
- topic, subject
- discussions, negotiation, argument
- rumor, talk, hearsay
- tale, story, fable
- circumstances, particulars
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N5 numeric noun noun (generic) adverb noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- one
- for one thing
- only
- (not) even
- just (e.g. "just try it")
- some kind of, one type of
popular JLPT N3 noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) archaic
- general, universal
- ordinary, average, common, non-celebrity
- the same, no different, (just) as if
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) adverb
- number one, first, first place
- best, most
- game, round, bout
- as a test, as an experiment, by way of experiment, by way of trial, tentatively
- song (e.g. in noh), piece
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) adverb
- one part, one portion, one section
- one copy (of a book), (one) complete set (of books)
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) conjunction noun (suffix) adverb
- one (esp. of two), the other, one way, the other way, one direction, the other direction, one side, the other side, one party, the other party
- on the one hand, on the other hand
- whereas, although, but at the same time, meanwhile, in turn
- just keeps, being inclined to ..., tending to be ..., tending to do ..., continuously ..., just keeps on ...ing, only