List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- index finger, forefinger, first (occ. second) finger
- second toe
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone adverb
- for now, for the time being, for the present
- though not quite satisfactorily, after a fashion
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- cruel, heartless, hard, harsh, severe
- violent, intense, strong, heavy, extreme
- very bad, terrible, awful
- excessive, exorbitant, unreasonable, outrageous, unfair, unjust
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- skylark (Alauda arvensis)
- Mongolian lark (Melanocorypha mongolica)
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- echo, reverberation
- sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum), noise
- quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell), feeling of a sound, emotion or feeling inspired by something heard or read
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb
- to spout out, to spurt out, to gush out, to jet out
- to sprout, to bud
- to burst into laughter
- to blow (smoke, etc.)
- to send out shoots (of a tree)
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- (skin) eruption, rash, pimple, spot, acne, boil
popular obsolete reading JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be closed, to be blocked, to be healed (e.g. wound), to be shut up
- to be clogged, to be plugged up
- to be occupied, to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb
- to stop up, to close up, to block (up), to plug up, to shut up, to cover (ears, eyes, etc.), to close (eyes, mouth)
- to stand in the way, to obstruct
- to occupy, to fill up, to take up
- to perform one's role, to do one's duty
- to feel depressed, to be in low spirits, to mope
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- unhappiness, misfortune, ill luck