List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to regard (as), to consider (to be), to deem, to look upon (as), to think of (as)
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- surname, family name, last name
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- folk customs, folkways, ethnic customs
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- other side, opposite side, other party
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb
- rather, better, instead, if anything
็ฎใmepopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) suffix usually written using kana alone go (game)
- eye, eyeball
- eyesight, sight, vision
- look, stare, gaze, glance
- notice, attention, observation, eyes (of the world, public, etc.)
- an experience
- viewpoint
- discrimination, discernment, judgement, eye (e.g. for quality)
- (an) appearance
- chance (of success), possibility (of a good result)
- spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.), opening, stitch, texture, weave
- grain (of wood, paper)
- eye (of a storm, needle, etc.)
- intersection (on a go board), square (on a chessboard)
- dot (on a dice), pip, rolled number
- graduation, division (of a scale)
- tooth (of a saw, comb, etc.)
- ordinal number suffix
- somewhat, -ish
- point (e.g. of change)
- eye (empty space inside a group of stones)
popular ateji usually written using kana alone yojijukugo ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) adverb
- disorderly, messy, ruined
- absurd, unreasonable, excessive, rash
- very, extremely
popular noun noun (generic)
- profit, earnings
- stroke of luck
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- wasteful, a waste
- too good, more than one deserves, unworthy of
- impious, profane, sacrilegious
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- thigh