List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
popular obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) business
- (short) curtain hung at shop entrance, split curtain used to divide spaces in a house
- reputation (of a store), good name, credit
- goodwill
popular noun noun (generic)
- paragraph
- end, stopping place, conclusion
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- news, word, tidings, notice, notification, information
- omen, foreboding, premonition
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to notify, to advise, to inform
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become known, to come to light, to be discovered
- to be known, to be understood
- to clearly not amount to much, to be insignificant
- to be evident, to be obvious, to go without saying
- to be very intense (of worry, hope, etc.), to be severe
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to slacken, to loosen, to relax, to droop (e.g. loose or flabby skin), to sag (ceiling)
- to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention), to not put one's heart in
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb usually written using kana alone auxiliary verb
- to put, to place
- to leave (behind)
- to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.), to set up
- to appoint (someone to a certain position), to hire, to employ
- to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.), to bear (in mind, etc.)
- to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool
- to take in (boarders, etc.), to provide lodging in one's house
- to separate spatially or temporally
- to do something in advance
- to leave something in a certain state, to keep something in a certain state
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to delay, to postpone, to slow down, to retard
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to build, to construct, to erect
- to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.), to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.), to lay (a foundation)