List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- red or gold circle representing the Sun
- national flag of Japan, Japanese flag, Hinomaru
- Japan, Japanese government
popular JLPT N1 adverb noun noun (generic)
- usually, habitually, always
- for a long time
popular irregular okurigana rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- date, dating
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- being selected (for a prize, exhibition, etc.), being accepted, winning
popular noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) ใช adjective noun noun (generic) mathematics
- optional, voluntary, arbitrary, random, discretionary, facultative, spontaneous, any
- arbitrary
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb
- payment of taxes
popular JLPT N2 ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- showy, loud, flashy, gaudy
popular noun noun (generic)
- old age
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) suffix
- soul, spirit, mind
- willpower, vitality
- something as important as one's own life, something invaluable
- inherent spirit of something, state of mind
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- sisters