List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- (audio) recording
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- coexistence
popular noun noun (generic)
- ditch, drain, gutter, trench
- groove, tread, indentation
- gap (between people, countries, etc.), gulf, rift
popular noun noun (generic)
- deep red, crimson
- rouge, lipstick
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- light, lamp
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- southeast
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- (common) cold, influenza, flu, ague, inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) colloquial archaic suffix counter
- box, case, chest, package, pack, crate
- car (of a train, etc.)
- shamisen case, shamisen
- public building, community building
- man who carries a geisha's shamisen
- receptacle for human waste, feces (faeces)
- counter for boxes (or boxed objects)
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- (school) subject, curriculum, course
- item, heading, entry
popular irregular reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- happiness, good fortune, luck, blessing