List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- fragment, broken piece, chip, splinter, shard
- ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.), trace, shred, scrap
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to fix upon (one-sidedly), to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case
- to scold, to take (a person) to task
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to do up (hair), to dress, to arrange
- to tie, to bind, to fasten, to make (a fence)
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- Moon
- month
- moonlight
- (a) moon, natural satellite
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- monthly installment (instalment), monthly payment
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) adverb
- Monday
popular ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- admirable, commendable, praiseworthy, laudable, brave, heroic, noble, courageous
popular JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to build, to construct
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- (clenched) fist, knuckles
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb auxiliary verb slang
- to turn up, to roll up (e.g. sleeves)
- to do over and over again, to do relentlessly, to do with reckless abandon, to do continuously
- to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.), to come from behind