List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to bark, to howl, to bay, to roar, to yelp, to yap
- to howl (of the wind), to roar (of the sea)
- to yell, to shout, to cry, to moan
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- faint, indistinct, dim, vague, subtle, delicate
popular JLPT N2 honorific language noun noun (generic)
- (another's) son, boy, young master
- green young man from a well-to-do family, young man innocent of the ways of the world
popular noun noun (generic)
- ticket sold in advance, advance ticket
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- tape measure
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb
- increasingly, more and more, decreasingly (when declining), less and less
popular JLPT N2 ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- pitch black
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) slang vulgar expression or word
- chopping board, cutting board
- flat chest, tiny breasts
popular ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- perfect circle
- cute
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- memory (of having seen something or someone before), remembrance, recollection, recognition