List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to scatter around, to leave untidy, to make a mess
popular irregular okurigana rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone adverb noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic) intransitive verb interjection
- for a moment, for a minute
- for a while, for some time
- for the time being, for now
- it's been a long time, long time no see
popular noun noun (generic)
- great wisdom, excellent disposition
- strength (to face something), willpower, vigor, vigour, energy
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- circumference
popular JLPT N2 ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- smoky
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- smoky
- awkward, uncomfortable, ill at ease
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to smoke (e.g. fire), to billow smoke, to smoulder, to smolder
- to be hazy, to look dim
้ ใใจใใtookupopular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) adverb noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- far away, distant place, a (great) distance, a long way off, afar
- long ago, far back, far (into the future)
- by far
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb colloquial
- to be dented, to be indented, to yield, to give, to sink, to collapse, to cave in
- to be beaten, to be overwhelmed, to yield, to give in, to give up
- to be disheartened, to feel down, to feel depressed
- to suffer a loss, to lose
popular JLPT N5 honorific language noun noun (generic)
- wife, your wife, his wife, married lady, madam