List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- cleaning, clean-up, garbage collection, scavenging
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun (suffix)
- height (e.g. of summer), peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season), (in) season, full bloom, full swing (of a party, etc.)
- prime (of one's life), (one's) best days, bloom
- (being in) heat, rut
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 adverb
- really, truly, very, extremely, exceedingly, sincerely
popular obsolete reading JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- coal
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- getting closer, drawing nearer, approaching
- being not much different, being near (age, skill, etc.)
- becoming close (i.e. friendly), becoming intimate
popular noun noun (generic) adverb noun (suffix) counter
- opportunity, chance, occasion, time
- folding, fold, pleat, crease
- small food box (wooden or cardboard)
- folding in ... (two, three, etc.)
- counter for folded items
- counter for items (esp. food) packed in an oribako
帽子ぼうしboushipopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- hat, cap
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- northwest
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective
- seriousness, earnestness, truth, sanctity
popular JLPT N2 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to bury (e.g. in the ground)
- to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall), to cause to be packed
- to plug (a gap), to stop (a gap), to bridge (a difference, a gap), to fill (a seat, a vacant position), to fill out (a form, a sheet)
- to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.), to make amends, to compensate for
- to put cold water (in a bath)
- to cover, to scatter something over