List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N5 interjection
- say, well, um, er
popular pronoun archaic
- he, she, that person
- you
popular honorific language pronoun
- that gentleman, that lady, he, she
popular irregular reading JLPT N3 honorific language interjection
- come, go, stay
- welcome
popular JLPT N4 interjection
- yes, yeah, uh huh
- hum, hmmm, well, erm, huh?
- oof
popular children's language noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb slang
- poop, poo, faeces, feces
- crap, trash, garbage
popular JLPT N1 onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic)
- tedious, boring, being fed up with
popular children's language noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- poo, poop, doo-doo, caca, whoopsie
popular search-only kana form JLPT N2 interjection
- let me see, well, errr ..., uhh ...
popular familiar language male term interjection pronoun Kansai-ben
- hey!, say!, I say!, come on!, look!, oi!
- I, me