List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- gorgeous, gaudy, dazzling, gay, resplendent
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.), to tower, to soar
popular obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- shin, shank, lower leg
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- navel, belly button
- protrusion or depression in the middle of an object
- center, centre, most important part, main point
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb usually written using kana alone
- to lick, to lap, to suck
- to taste
- to experience (esp. a hardship)
- to underestimate, to make light of, to look down on (someone), to make a fool of, to treat with contempt, to disparage
- to lick (at; of flames), to burn
popular obsolete kanji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) slang
- strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
- 15,000 yen
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to boil (something in hot water)
- to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
popular irregular kanji usage usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- rush mat, matting, mat
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to fade, to discolor, to discolour
- to diminish, to fade (e.g. of a memory)
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- accent (of one's speech)
- dialect, provincialism, patois
- corrupted form (e.g. of word), mispronunciation