List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) philosophy mathematics
- form (as opposed to substance)
- format, form, style, manner
- formality, form
- mode, form
- form (bilinear, quadratic, etc.)
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb medicine
- formation, molding, making (up), taking form, giving form to
- repair (e.g. with plastic surgery), replacement, -plasty
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- series, sequence, system, succession
- keiretsu (group), conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings
- affiliated, subsidiary
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する astronomy
- passage (of time), elapsing, lapse
- progress, development, course (of events)
- transit
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- police officer, policeman, constable
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- public entertainment, performing arts
- accomplishments, attainments
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- blood
popular ateji rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 な adjective adjective (generic) adverb archaic noun noun (generic)
- splendid, magnificent, excellent, fine, superb, beautiful, admirable
- utter (esp. defeat), total, complete
- something worth seeing, sight, spectacle
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) counter
- origin, source, beginning
- basis, base, foundation, root
- cause
- (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock
- (one's) side
- capital, principal, cost price
- root (of a plant), (tree) trunk
- part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand)
- first three lines of a waka
- counter for plants or trees
- counter for falcons (in falconry)
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- sovereign, ruler, head of state