List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic) stock market
- confident, assured, self-assured, firm, strong, cocksure
- bullish
popular obsolete reading JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb intransitive verb
- fear, dread, dismay, terror, horror, scare, panic
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- teacher, instructor, teaching staff, faculty member
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) finance abbreviation
- mirror, looking-glass
- barrel head
- page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.
- mirror-shaped mochi
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- extreme, extremity
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) slang abbreviation derogatory noun (suffix) food, cooking counter
- ball, sphere, globe, orb
- bead (of sweat, dew, etc.), drop, droplet
- ball (in sports), pitch (e.g. in baseball)
- pile (of noodles, etc.)
- bullet
- bulb (i.e. a light bulb)
- lens (of glasses, etc.)
- bead (of an abacus)
- ball (i.e. a testicle)
- gem, jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively), pearl
- female entertainer (e.g. a geisha)
- person (when commenting on their nature), character
- item, funds or person used as part of a plot
- egg
- okonomiyaki
- coin
- precious, beautiful, excellent
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to endeavor (to do), to endeavour, to try hard, to work hard, to strive, to make an effort, to exert oneself, to devote oneself, to be committed (to doing)
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- money, cash
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- area, zone, district, quarter, section, limits, boundary