List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to turn over, to turn (pages), to leaf through (a book, etc.)
- to tear off, to strip off, to take off, to pull off (e.g. a blanket), to pull up (e.g. floorboards), to tear up
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun (suffix)
- prefecture (of Japan), county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (of France), province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
popular irregular okurigana godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to find out, to discover, to notice, to detect
- to select, to pick out
- to look out (from the inside)
- to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- seeming, pose, show, pretense, sham, mock
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to command a view, to look out over (onto, across, etc.), to overlook
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to misjudge, to mistake, to misread
- to misjudge (someone), to overestimate
- to miss seeing, to overlook, to fail to notice
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- modesty, humility, being humble
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone adverb
- from the beginning, from the first, all along, originally
- of course
- not to mention ..., not only ... but also ..., to say nothing of ...
gairaigo waseigo English origin popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- cutting pliers, lineman's pliers, combination pliers
popular noun noun (generic)
- manager
- person in a (school or university) sports team in charge of administrative and miscellaneous duties