List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N5 ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- disliked, hated, disagreeable
- tendency, smack (of), touch (of)
- distinction, discrimination
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ
- inspection, study by observation, field trip, tour, review
- sitting out (e.g. PE class)
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- heading, headline, title, caption
- index
- headword
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) baseball finance
- seeing (someone) off, send-off
- deferment, postponement, shelving
- letting a pitch go by
- wait-and-see attitude
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb stock market
- to see (someone) off, to escort
- to watch (someone or something) go out of sight, to follow with one's eyes, to gaze after
- to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by, to let pass, to pass up (an opportunity)
- to postpone, to put off, to shelve, to leave (as it is)
- to take care of (someone) until death, to attend (someone's) funeral, to bury
- to hold off (buying or selling), to wait and see
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to visit and comfort or console, to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital), to ask after (e.g. someone's health), to inquire after
- to attack, to hit, to strike, to deal (a punch)
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- clothing
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- whole area, whole region
- stretch (of land), tract, belt, zone
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- rice plant (Oryza sativa)
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- right hand
- right-hand side, right-hand direction, (on) the right