List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic)
- telephone directory, telephone book, phone book
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone adverb noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) idiomatic expression Buddhism noun
- (doing) various things, (doing) this and that
- being apt to, being prone to, tending to
- at any rate, anyhow, anyway
- all sorts of (negative things), various
- things that do not exist, rabbit horns
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to breathe out, to breathe
- to tell (a lie), to use (foul language)
- to vomit, to throw up, to spit up
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to be jealous of, to envy, to begrudge
popular obsolete reading usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- careless, sloppy, faulty
- using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing), piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 adverb
- as much as possible, as far as possible, to the best of one's ability, diligently
popular noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) counter
- time (three times, each time, etc.), times
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) counter
- degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.)
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- strength (of glasses), glasses prescription
- alcohol content (percentage), alcohol by volume
- extent, degree, limit
- presence of mind, composure
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) adverb
- Saturday
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb grammar
- turning upside down
- inversion