List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic)
- cheerfully, buoyantly, happily, in high spirits
popular irregular okurigana usually written using kana alone medicine noun noun (generic)
- swelling, edema, oedema, dropsy
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb
- carrying (someone) on one's back (esp. a child), piggyback ride
- relying on (someone), being (financially) dependent on
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone conjunction
- however, but
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone conjunction
- moreover, furthermore
- nevertheless, and yet
popular ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ noun noun (generic)
- out of the common, far above the average, extraordinary, abnormal, unreasonable
popular noun noun (generic)
- something unusual, something wrong, mishap, accident, serious condition (e.g. after an injury), different situation
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- katakana, angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- temple bell, hanging bell, funeral bell
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to tighten, to fasten tight, to constrict, to compress
- to control strictly, to put pressure on, to squeeze (e.g. an economy), to oppress