List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 expression noun noun (generic)
- boy, son, baby boy
- young man
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb linguistics
- talk, conversation, dialogue
- informal expression of opinion, off-the-cuff remarks, comment
- discourse
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb
- abortion
- discontinuance, stoppage, suspension, interruption
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) Buddhism
- middle of the road, centrism, moderation, golden mean
- the middle (of what one is doing), half-way
- middle way, middle path
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- relation, relationship
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- lottery, raffle, drawing (of lots), balloting
popular noun noun (generic)
- morning edition (of a daily newspaper), morning paper
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- tide, current
- sea water
- opportunity, chance
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N4 noun noun (generic)
- back (of the body)
popular obsolete reading JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- Japanese apricot (Prunus mume), Japanese plum, ume, Chinese plum
- lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)