List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become misty, to become hazy
- to get blurry, to grow dim
- to be overshadowed, to be upstaged, to be outshone
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) counter
- stroke (of a kanji)
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- artistry, good taste, elegance, grace
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun (suffix)
- meeting, assembly, party, gathering, conference, athletic meet
- society, association, club
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb usually written using kana alone
- to untie, to unfasten, to unwrap, to undo, to unbind, to unpack
- to unsew, to unstitch
- to solve, to work out, to answer
- to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.), to clear up, to remove (suspicion), to appease
- to dissolve (a contract), to cancel, to remove (a prohibition), to lift (a ban), to raise (a siege)
- to release (from duty), to relieve, to dismiss
- to comb (out), to card, to untangle (hair)
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to undo, to untie, to unfasten, to unlace, to unravel, to loosen, to unpack
popular JLPT N3 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be solved, to be worked out
- to come loose, to come untied, to come undone
- to be removed (of restrictions), to be lifted (e.g. of a ban), to be broken (of a spell, curse, etc.)
- to dissipate (of anger, tension, etc.), to melt away, to ease, to be allayed, to be appeased, to be resolved (of a dispute, misunderstanding, etc.), to be cleared up
popular usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to come loose, to come untied, to come undone, to unravel
- to loosen up (e.g. tension)
popular ateji JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă transitive verb intransitive verb
- injury, wound
- mistake, accident, loss
popular noun noun (generic)
- ticket barrier, ticket gate, wicket