List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to swallow, to gulp down
- to understand, to grasp, to take in, to catch on, to learn
- to engulf, to swallow up
- to be filled with (people), to contain
- to swallow (one's words), to suppress (a yawn, tears, etc.), to stifle, to hold back
popular noun noun (generic)
- riding past (one's station)
popular search-only kana form ateji rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- easy, easygoing, carefree, happy-go-lucky, optimistic, leisurely, careless, thoughtless
popular JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to shine, to glow
- to look attractive, to look nice, to be set off (by)
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- fleeting, transient, short-lived, momentary, ephemeral, fickle, vain
- empty (dream, etc.), mere (hope), faint (possibility)
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to measure, to weigh, to survey, to time (sound, gauge, estimate)
- to conjecture, to infer, to surmise
popular irregular okurigana rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to tear off, to peel off, to rip off, to strip off, to skin, to flay, to disrobe, to deprive of, to detach, to disconnect
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to raise, to bring up, to rear
- to cultivate, to foster, to nurture
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- headband
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to protrude, to stick out, to jut out, to hang out, to bulge out
- to be forced out, to be pushed out, to be crowded out
- to go over (e.g. a budget), to go beyond, to exceed