List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N4 pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic) colloquial interjection
- such, that sort of, that kind of, like that
- no way!, never!
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle
- in a crowd, in droves, in a stream, in succession
- crawling (of insects), swarming
- dragging (e.g. along the ground), trailing, stretching out
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic)
- rough, careless, slovenly, slipshod, rude, impolite
popular JLPT N1 noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic) adverb
- only, merely, but, no more than
popular JLPT N3 onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle な adjective adjective (generic) suffix noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun (generic)
- plentifully, amply, abundantly, copiously, generously, fully, a lot
- loosely, with room to spare, with enough space, (large) enough
- a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres), a full, at least, no less than
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle colloquial
- drop-by-drop, dripping, dribbling, in a trickle
- incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments), in great profusion
- sluggishly, dawdling
popular JLPT N4 conjunction expression
- so, therefore, accordingly, consequently, on those grounds, that is why, for that reason
- like I said, I told you already
popular JLPT N1 onomatopoeic or mimetic word な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adverb adverb taking the と particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun (generic)
- loose (of clothing), baggy
- flabby, saggy
- sloshing, slopping, overflowing
- plenty (of pouring a liquid), drowning (e.g. in a sauce)
popular JLPT N1 noun (suffix) noun (generic)
- full of (e.g. mistakes), riddled with
- covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb する verb (generic) noun (generic)
- in drops, dripping, trickling, streaming, flowing
- gently (sloping)
- sluggishly, endlessly, lengthily
- leisurely, idly, slowly, slovenly