List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 honorific language noun noun (generic) abbreviation interjection
- return
- welcome home
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb interjection
- another helping, second helping, seconds, refill
- other paw!
popular search-only kanji form familiar language honorific language noun noun (generic)
- Buddhist priest, monk
- son (of others)
popular search-only kana form onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle
- clanging
- empty, deserted
popular JLPT N2 ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- absurd, foolish, stupid, silly, nonsense, ludicrous, preposterous, laughable, ridiculous
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to run over (with a vehicle), to knock down
popular noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- sopping wet, dripping wet, sodden, drenched, soaked
popular usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- unable to finish (on time, etc.)
- unbearable, intolerable, beyond endurance, too much
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- pinky swear (i.e. linking little fingers to confirm a promise), pinky promise
popular irregular reading JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- honey