List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă intransitive verb
- suicide
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to lose
- to miss (a chance, opportunity)
- to lose (a loved one), to be bereaved of
- to concede (goals, points, etc.)
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- practical use, utility
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă transitive verb
- apology
popular JLPT N3 adverb
- mainly, primarily, mostly, largely, chiefly
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă intransitive verb
- starring (in a film, play, etc.), playing the leading part
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to take, to pick up, to grab, to catch, to hold
- to pass, to hand, to give
- to get, to obtain, to acquire, to win, to receive, to earn, to take (e.g. a vacation)
- to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.), to take (a measure, attitude, etc.), to choose
- to remove, to get rid of, to take off
- to take away, to steal, to rob
- to eat, to have (e.g. lunch), to take (e.g. vitamins)
- to pick (e.g. flowers), to gather, to extract (e.g. juice), to catch (e.g. fish), to harvest (a crop)
- to take up (time, space), to occupy, to spare, to set aside
- to secure, to reserve, to save, to put aside, to keep
- to take (e.g. a joke), to interpret, to understand, to make out, to grasp
- to record, to take down
- to subscribe to (e.g. a newspaper), to take, to buy, to get
- to order, to have delivered
- to charge, to fine, to take (tax)
- to take (e.g. a wife), to take on (e.g. an apprentice), to adopt, to accept
- to take control of, to take (the rudder)
- to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.), to play
popular noun noun (generic)
- item, event
popular JLPT N3 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb auxiliary verb
- to finish
- to graduate
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic)
- habit
- (social) custom, practice, convention