List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- blushing, getting red in the face
- embarrassment
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- painful, heartrending, trying
- oppressive, suffocating, miserable
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) counter
- piece, slice, strip, scrap
- cloth
- sharpness
- agility
- counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
popular JLPT N3 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb colloquial usually written using kana alone auxiliary verb
- to break, to snap, to be cut, to split, to crack
- to be injured
- to wear out, to be worn out
- to break, to burst, to collapse
- to wear off, to stop working, to go dead
- to expire (time limit, etc.), to run out, to become due
- to run out (of stock, etc.), to be exhausted, to be used up, to be sold out, to be out of
- to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship), to break up, to have severed ties, to be cut off, to be disconnected
- to cut well, to be sharp
- to be sharp-minded, to be keen, to be shrewd, to be quick-witted, to be able
- to be short of, to drop under (a certain figure), to beat (e.g. a record time)
- to dry off
- to curve, to veer
- to shuffle (cards)
- to get angry, to snap, to blow one's top, to lose one's temper, to flip
- to be able to do completely
popular abbreviation noun noun (generic)
- Celsius, centigrade
popular JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to break, to be broken, to snap, to fracture
- to be folded
- to give in, to back down, to yield, to submit
- to turn (a corner)
popular search-only kana form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) physics
- joint, knuckle
- tune, melody
- node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob
- (notable) point, part
- node
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun (suffix)
- theory, doctrine
- opinion, view
- rumour, rumor, gossip, hearsay
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to explain, to preach, to advocate
- to persuade, to prevail upon, to reason with, to urge (someone to do)
popular JLPT N2 adverb
- constantly, always, continually, steadily