List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to show respect for, to revere, to honour, to honor, to worship, to hold in esteem
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- yours sincerely, sincerely yours, yours truly
popular search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- patching (clothing), darning
- cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.), gathering
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- connection, link, relationship
popular obsolete kanji irregular kanji usage JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be tied together, to be connected to, to be linked to
- to lead to, to be related to
- to be related (by blood)
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb go (game)
- to connect, to link together
- to tie, to fasten, to restrain
- to maintain, to preserve, to keep
- to transfer (phone call), to put a person through
- to hedge, to buy or sell forward
- to connect (stones)
popular noun noun (generic)
- entertainer, performer, celebrity, entertainment personality
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to chip, to nick, to break, to crack
- to lack
popular JLPT N3 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to chip, to be chipped, to break (off), to be damaged
- to be missing (from a set, team, etc.), to be absent, to become lost
- to be lacking (in), to be short (of), to be deficient, to be wanting (in)
- to wane (of the moon), to go into eclipse
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- yawn, yawning
- kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)