List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- duty, role, function
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- medicine, drug
- chemical (agent), chemicals
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- friendship, fellowship, camaraderie
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to invite, to ask (someone to do), to call (for), to take (someone) along
- to tempt, to lure, to entice, to seduce
- to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.), to arouse (e.g. sympathy), to provoke
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- prediction, prejudgment, presupposition, foregone conclusion
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- leisure, leisure time, spare time
popular JLPT N1 suru verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to need, to demand, to take, to require
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) astronomy archaic suffix counter
- wing
- Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
- counter for birds or bird wings
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb computing slang
- to fall, to drop, to come down, to crash, to collapse, to cave in, to give way
- to set (of the sun or moon), to sink, to dip, to go down
- to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.), to fall, to drop, to go down, to decline, to deteriorate, to abate (of wind)
- to be inferior (to), to be not as good (as), to fall short (of)
- to come off (of dirt, paint, makeup, etc.), to come out (of a stain), to fade (of colour), to be removed (of an illness, possessing spirit, etc.)
- to disappear (of excess fat), to become thinner, to become leaner
- to be left out, to be omitted, to be missing
- to fail (an exam), to lose (a contest, election, etc.), to be unsuccessful
- to decline (of morals, character, etc.), to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation), to stoop (to), to sink (so low)
- to be ruined, to go under, to fall (into hell)
- to fall (in love, asleep, etc.)
- to fall (into someone's hands), to be accepted (of a bid), to be won (of a tender), to be honoured (of a bill)
- to fall into (a trap), to fall for (a trick)
- to give in
- to confess, to own up
- to come to (a conclusion, topic, etc.), to arrive at (in the end)
- to leave (a city, castle, etc.), to (be defeated and) flee
- to sink in, to be accepted (in one's heart)
- to fall (to the enemy), to be defeated
- to come in (of money)
- to fall (upon; of light, a shadow, one's gaze, etc.)
- to pass out (in judo), to fall unconscious
- to go down (of a website, server, etc.), to crash
- to log out (of an online game, chat room, etc.), to drop out, to leave, to go offline
- to move to deeper water (of a fish in cold weather)
- to die (of an animal)
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- interest (on a loan, deposit etc.)