List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N3 adverb
- so, like this, in this way, this much, to this extent
popular search-only kana form JLPT N5 interjection
- come (on), come now, come along, here
- all right, right, okay, now, here goes
- well, hmm, uh, let's see, I'm not sure
- here, now, there (we go), ah, oh
- about that, ..., actually, ...
popular search-only kana form JLPT N2 onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb
- quickly, promptly, immediately, without delay, without hesitation, briskly, hurriedly, hastily
- indifferently, coldly
popular JLPT N3 onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb する verb (generic) noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- feeling refreshed, feeling relieved
- neat, tidy, clean
- frank, open-hearted, plain, simple, light
- completely, entirely
- not in the least (with neg. verb), not at all
- nothing at all, completely useless, hopeless, awful
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun (generic)
- with a rustling sound
- rippling (of a stream, etc.), murmuring, purling
- slurping down (ochazuke)
- quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter), with ease, smoothly, fluently
- smooth and dry (hair, sand, etc.), silky, powdery (e.g. snow), free-flowing (e.g. blood)
popular JLPT N1 honorific language familiar language suffix polite language
- Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms, -san
- politeness marker
popular JLPT N3 onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb
- roughly, approximately, round about, more or less
- cursorily, briefly, quickly, lightly, roughly
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb する verb (generic) noun (generic)
- noisily (from many people talking), in a commotion
- with a rustling sound (of leaves, branches, etc.), with a rippling sound (of the surface of a lake, etc.)
- feeling a chill, with a chill (up one's spine)
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb
- frequently, repeatedly, often, incessantly, constantly
- eagerly, keenly, strongly, intently
- hard, terribly, extremely, severely
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to fail, to blunder, to mess up, to screw up
- to be dismissed, to be fired