List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N4 euphemistic godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to die, to pass away
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- remains, corpse, (dead) body
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ
- looking from the side
- looking aside
popular JLPT N5 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to forget, to leave carelessly, to be forgetful of, to forget about, to forget (an article)
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 colloquial usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cheek
popular irregular okurigana rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone adverb noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- almost, nearly, mostly, practically, virtually, basically, just about, all but
- hardly, barely, scarcely, little
- large majority, large proportion, greater part, most (of), almost all (of)
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) prefix counter
- book, volume, script
- this, present, current, ... in question, ... at issue
- main, head, principal
- real, genuine, regular, proper
- counter for long, cylindrical things, counter for films, TV shows, etc., counter for goals, home runs, etc., counter for telephone calls
popular noun noun (generic)
- bookcase
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- about, roughly, approximately
- generally, on the whole, as a rule
- completely, quite, entirely, altogether, totally, not at all (with neg. verb)
- outline, gist
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to rub, to pat, to stroke, to massage