List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
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
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- substitution
- alternative, substitute
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) adverb
- daytime, during the day, time from sunrise until sunset, diurnal period