List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N5 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb vulgar expression or word
- to leave, to exit, to go out, to come out, to get out
- to leave (on a journey), to depart, to start out, to set out
- to move forward
- to come to, to get to, to lead to, to reach
- to appear, to come out, to emerge, to surface, to come forth, to turn up, to be found, to be detected, to be discovered, to be exposed, to show, to be exhibited, to be on display
- to appear (in print), to be published, to be announced, to be issued, to be listed, to come out
- to attend, to participate, to take part, to enter (an event), to play in, to perform
- to be stated, to be expressed, to come up, to be brought up, to be raised
- to sell
- to exceed, to go over
- to stick out, to protrude
- to break out, to occur, to start, to originate
- to be produced
- to come from, to be derived from
- to be given, to get, to receive, to be offered, to be provided, to be presented, to be submitted, to be handed in, to be turned in, to be paid
- to answer (phone, door, etc.), to get
- to assume (an attitude), to act, to behave
- to pick up (speed, etc.), to gain
- to flow (e.g. tears), to run, to bleed
- to graduate
- to ejaculate, to cum
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- going to work, leaving for work, attendance (at work), being at work, presence (in the office), reporting for work
popular noun noun (generic)
- riot police, riot squad
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- nobility, aristocracy, peerage
popular noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) prefix
- imitation, fake, phony, counterfeit, forged, bogus, sham
- pseudo-
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- drama, play
- Chinese opera
popular noun noun (generic)
- father-in-law
- foster father
- stepfather
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- ultimate, final, last, eventual
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- living room (Western style), sitting room
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to shout, to cry, to scream, to shriek, to yell, to exclaim
- to clamor (for or against), to advocate, to insist, to protest, to appeal