List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cousin (male)
popular JLPT N2 ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- heavy, weighty
- heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.), serious, gloomy, depressing
popular JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to honor, to honour, to respect, to esteem, to prize
popular usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- graceful, ladylike, modest, gentle, polite, quiet, well-mannered, refined (behavior)
popular JLPT N2 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to shorten, to reduce, to condense, to shrink
- to crumple (fabric), to wrinkle
- to make (one's body) smaller, to draw in (one's legs), to duck (one's head)
popular JLPT N2 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be wavy, to be curled, to be frizzled
popular ateji JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- nonsense, irresponsible remark, codswallop, hogwash, rubbish
- random, haphazard, unsystematic
popular noun noun (generic)
- technical term, terminology, nomenclature
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to twinkle (e.g. stars), to flicker, to waver
- to blink (one's eyes), to wink, to bat
popular rarely used kana form rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to liken to, to compare to
- to pattern after, to model after, to imitate