List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- gargling, rinsing one's mouth
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb auxiliary verb
- to be (of animate objects), to exist
- to stay
- to be ...-ing
- to have ...-ed, to be ...-ed
popular rarely used kanji form derogatory familiar language usually written using kana alone pronoun interjection
- he, she, this fellow, this guy, this person
- this, this one, this thing
- hey, you!, you bastard!, damn you!
popular noun noun (generic) adverb
- recently, the other day
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone adverb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- once, before, formerly, ever, former, ex-
- never yet, never before, first time, still not happened
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to invest in, to sink money into, to put into, to lay out (funds), to inject, to impregnate, to infuse, to instill, to implant, to imbue, to focus (attention, efforts)
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- this
- last (couple of years, etc.), these, past, this
- you (as in "you liar")
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- screw
- key (of a clock, watch, etc.), spring
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) adverb
- as (it is), remaining (in a state), keeping (the same), leaving (unchanged)
- with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on), while (e.g. standing, alive), as
- as (one pleases, one is told, etc.), according to
- sic
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone conjunction interjection
- well, now, then