List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle
- (walking a long distance) at a steady pace, intently, earnestly, single-mindedly, trudgingly, ploddingly
popular JLPT N1 adverb
- surely, certainly, without doubt
popular search-only kana form JLPT N1 colloquial ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- huge, big, enormous
popular JLPT N3 polite language conjunction
- so, therefore, accordingly, consequently, on those grounds, that is why, for that reason
popular JLPT N5 conjunction interjection expression archaic
- then, well, so, well then
- bye then
- at, in, by, with, using
- if not ..., unless ...
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone conjunction
- even so, however, still, whereupon, even though, nevertheless, on the contrary, as a matter of fact, despite
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- with a tap, with a knock, with a knocking sound, with a rap-tap
- smoothly (proceed), without a hitch, without delay
- even, equal, break-even
popular JLPT N2 adverb
- in any case, regardless, either way, after all, no matter what, anyway
- since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...), since it won't change the outcome, if you are doing it regardless
popular JLPT N1 adverb noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic)
- in some way or other, one way or another, somehow, only just, barely
popular JLPT N5 abbreviation interjection adverb
- thank you, thanks
- much (thanks), very (sorry), quite (regret)
- quite, really, mostly
- somehow
- in spite of oneself, try as one might, no matter how hard one may try (to, not to)
- greetings, hello, goodbye