List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular usually written using kana alone suffix
- leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.)
- (doing) continuously, constantly, keep ...-ing
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone adverb
- while (one is at it), when, on the occasion of, at the same time (as), on one's way (to), by the way, incidentally, in passing
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle
- deeply, keenly, severely, completely, utterly
- intently, carefully, closely, attentively
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone adverb
- very, awfully, exceedingly
- (not) at all, by no means, simply (cannot)
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic) obsolete term adverb
- unexpected, unlikely, strange
- terrible, awful, horrible, serious, outrageous
- very, extremely
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 ใ adjective adjective (generic) interjection
- unthinkable, unexpected, absurd, outrageous, preposterous, terrible
- absolutely not!, far from it!, impossible!, preposterous!, what a thing to say!, no way!
- (it was) no bother at all, not at all, don't mention it
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone adverb
- how, in what way, how about
popular search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- what kind of, what sort of, what
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic) abbreviation noun
- noisily (running around), with heavy feet
- in a fluster, in a flurry, in a panic
- slapstick
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone expression
- both
- (not) either