List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- hydrogen (H)
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- water, liquid, fluid, moisture, humidity, sap, juice
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
popular な adjective adjective (generic)
- sexual (i.e. relating to biological sex)
- sexual (relations, attraction, abuse, etc.)
popular noun noun (generic)
- ecology, life and habits (of an animal)
- mode of life, way of living
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- customs, customs house
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb mahjong go (game) suffix
- to cut, to cut through, to perform (surgery)
- to sever (connections, ties)
- to turn off (e.g. the light)
- to terminate (e.g. a conversation), to hang up (the phone), to disconnect
- to punch (a ticket), to tear off (a stub)
- to open (something sealed)
- to start
- to set (a limit), to do (something) in less or within a certain time, to issue (cheques, vouchers, etc.)
- to reduce, to decrease, to discount
- to shake off (water, etc.), to let drip-dry, to let drain
- to cross, to traverse
- to criticize sharply
- to act decisively, to do (something noticeable), to go first, to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki)
- to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.)
- to curl (a ball), to bend, to cut
- to shuffle (cards)
- to discard a tile
- to dismiss, to sack, to let go, to expel, to excommunicate
- to dig (a groove), to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph)
- to trump
- to cut (the connection between two groups)
- to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone)
- to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)
- to do completely, to finish doing
- to be completely ..., to be totally ..., to be terribly ...
- to do clearly, to do decisively, to do firmly
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- perfect score, full marks
- perfect, entirely satisfactory, excellent
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be found, to be discovered
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune), call, inquiry (about someone's health), expression of sympathy
- letter of inquiry, letter of sympathy, get-well letter, gift (in token of one's sympathy)