List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- that, those, the
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone pronoun colloquial euphemistic noun noun (generic)
- that, that thing
- that person
- then, that time
- that place (over there)
- down there (i.e. one's genitals)
- period, menses
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 expression ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- bad, wrong, naughty
- must not (do, be), should not, ought not to
- useless, no good, bad
- hopeless, beyond hope
- unfortunate, a shame, a pity
- unable to drink (alcohol)
- so as not to ..., so that ... (won't), in case ..., for fear that ..., lest ...
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N4 honorific language godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb auxiliary verb
- to come, to go, to be (somewhere)
- to be (doing)
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- undulation, winding, meandering
- swell (of waves), ground swell, surge, billow, roller
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- oden, dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku stewed in soy-flavored dashi
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone conjunction expression
- to make matters worse, besides, what's more, in addition, on top of that
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form polite language usually written using kana alone expression
- congratulations
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- onigiri, rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone polite language noun noun (generic) interjection
- the end, closing, being done for
- that's it, that's enough, that's all