List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- outward appearance, exterior appearance, outward show, looks
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- street corner
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- hedge, fence
- border, limit
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- canned food, tinned food
- confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work)
- being stuck in a confined space
popular JLPT N2 ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- dangerous, in danger, facing imminent danger
- precarious (situation), perilous (state, balance, etc.), in doubt, in jeopardy, uncertain, insecure, concerning, worrying
popular adverb
- barely, narrowly
- almost, nearly
popular ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- lovely, dear, beloved, darling, dearest
- pitiable, pitiful
popular noun noun (generic)
- vicious circle, vicious cycle
popular noun noun (generic)
- nightmare, bad dream
popular noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic) transitive verb noun
- to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent), to overpower, to crush, to defeat completely
- to overwhelm (someone with emotion), to move, to impress, to fill with emotion
- to intimidate, to frighten, to threaten