List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) adverb
- one-by-one, separately
- every single, each and every, without omission, fully, in detail
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone onomatopoeic or mimetic word noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic) noun adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle intransitive verb
- to get irritated, to get annoyed, to be on the edge, to fret, to lose patience
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus), sardine
popular noun noun (generic)
- rainy season
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb
- reception (desk), information desk, receptionist, information clerk
- receipt, acceptance
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb archaic
- (preparatory) meeting, briefing session, (making) advance arrangements
- overlap (of a coat, etc.)
- making something match exactly
popular JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to knock together, to strike against each other
- to arrange (e.g. a meeting), to discuss (in advance)
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to give birth, to bear (child), to lay (eggs)
- to produce, to yield, to give rise to, to deliver
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- leap year
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- picture postcard