List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- earnest, sincere, acute, keen, fervent
- pressing, urgent, serious, severe
- pertinent, appropriate
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- economising, saving
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- reading aloud, recitation
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- (video) recording
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 male term pronoun
- I, me
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- desire, wish, aspiration
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun (suffix)
- the way there, outbound leg, outbound trip, departing leg
- bound for ...
- outbound ticket
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb intransitive verb
- advice, counsel, suggestion, tip, hint
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to make (the best) use of, to put to good use, to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.), to capitalise on (experience, etc.)
- to let live, to keep alive
- to revive, to resuscitate, to bring back to life
- to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic)
- dry riverbed, river beach