List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- defeat, loss, reverse, setback
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)
popular irregular kanji usage JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) adverb
- middle, halfway, midway
- half (of), one half
- half (e.g. done, jokingly), partly, in part, partially
- mostly, almost, nearly
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- echo, reverberation
- response, reaction, repercussions, sensation, influence
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- counterattack, counteroffensive, counterblow
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) adverb abbreviation counter
- evening, night
- dinner, evening meal
- counter for nights
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- tiredness, fatigue
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- quality (of a product or a service)
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- poverty, penury, need, destitution
- shortage, lack, want