List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) counter
- pair, couple, set
- antithesis
- counter for items that come in pairs
- counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) anatomy zoology abbreviation
- obi (kimono sash)
- obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product)
- band, belt, strip
- cingulum
- radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- waiting room
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb
- to be lazy, to be idle, to slack
- to neglect (e.g. one's work), to be neglectful of, to skip (e.g. school)
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone expression
- thank you (for the meal just served), I receive (this meal)
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb usually written using kana alone auxiliary verb
- to put something out of the way, to move (something, someone) aside
- to remove, to exclude, to take away
- to set aside, to keep apart
- to remove (someone) from the group, to shun
- to do well despite difficulties, to accomplish despite adversity
- to do resolutely, to do boldly
popular noun noun (generic)
- size, dimensions, volume
popular JLPT N3 pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- considerable, great, important, significant, a big deal
popular JLPT N2 adverb
- (not) very, (not) so, (not) very much, (not) particularly, (not) especially
popular noun noun (generic)
- New Year's Eve