List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to polish, to shine, to burnish, to scour, to scrub, to brush (teeth), to grind (e.g. a lens)
- to refine (a skill, etc.), to improve, to hone, to polish (up), to cultivate (one's character)
gairaigo Chinese origin popular search-only kana form search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- mahjong, mah-jongg
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to cover, to bury (e.g. one's face in hands), to submerge
- to fill (completely), to stuff, to pack, to cram, to fill up
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) adverb
- each, every
popular prefix
- every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend), each
popular usually written using kana alone expression suffix
- one by one, each, every, at intervals of
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) slang vulgar expression or word
- tuna (Thunnus spp.; esp. the Pacific bluefin)
- dead fish (person who is unresponsive or passive during sex), starfish
- body of a person struck by a train
- person unconscious due to alcohol
popular noun (suffix) noun (generic) noun
- the end (of)
- powder
popular food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- miso soup
popular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone adverb ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- still, as yet, only
- (not) yet
- more, (more) still
- at least, comparatively, relatively
- unfinished, incomplete, not yet done