List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- inner part, interior, back (of a drawer, one's throat, etc.), depths (e.g. of a forest), recesses (e.g. of a cave), heart, end (of a road, garden, etc.)
- living quarters (at the back of a house), inner room
- recesses (of one's mind), bottom (of one's heart), behind (someone's words), mysteries (of an art)
popular noun noun (generic)
- voice, speech, sound of a voice
- sound (e.g. of a TV)
popular JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb hanafuda
- to hang, to suspend, to wear (e.g. decoration)
- to lower, to reduce, to bring down
- to demote, to move back, to pull back
- to clear (plates), to remove (food, etc. from table or altar)
- to keep on playing after one has formed a scoring combination with captured cards
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun (suffix)
- acceptable, satisfactory, allowed, permitted
- approval, being in favour, (a) vote in favour, aye
- Pass (grade), Fair, C, D
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- rent
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun or verb acting prenominally
- fictitious, imaginary, fanciful, fabricated
- aerial, overhead
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- rivers
popular noun noun (generic)
- image, picture, portrait
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb mathematics abbreviation skiing
- rotation, revolution, turn, spin
- working (e.g. of one's mind), function
- turnover (of goods, funds, etc.), circulation, flow (of customers)
- rotation, curl
- slalom
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- (social) class
- rank, grade