List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone pronoun interjection
- which
- well, now, c'mon
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone pronoun dated term
- when, at what time, how soon
- normal times, ordinary days
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb
- forever, eternally, for good, as long as one likes, indefinitely, endlessly, for a long time
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) adverb
- somewhere
- in some respects, in some way
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone pronoun
- which way, which direction, where
- which one (esp. of two alternatives)
- who
popular gikun or jukujikun search-only kana form search-only kanji form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- funny, amusing, comical, laughable, ridiculous
- strange, odd, funny, peculiar, weird, wrong, unusual, eccentric
- wrong, unsuitable, improper, inappropriate, unbecoming
- suspicious
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- domestic duck
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sea turtle
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- dolphin (or other small toothed whales, incl. porpoises, belugas, etc.)
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ฌ่ฑใใใฝใฝtanpopopopular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kana form rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)