List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- disposal, throwing away, selling off
- dealing with (a problem), measure
- punishment, penalty
- putting down (e.g. diseased animal)
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- processing, dealing with, treatment, disposition, disposal
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- income, earnings
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb formal or literary term
- contacting, (making) contact, getting in touch, communication, correspondence, call, message
- connection (with a train, bus, etc.), joining (a railway line, etc.), meeting
- connection (between matters, incidents, etc.), relation, link
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- worker
- (manual) laborer, labourer, blue-collar worker
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- old person, senior citizen, the aged, the elderly
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- topic, subject
- much talked about, topical, in the news, hot
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) adverb
- year before last
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) adverb usually written using kana alone
- one person
- being alone, being by oneself
- being single, being unmarried
- by oneself, alone
- just, only, simply
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic)
- sound, noise
- (musical) note
- fame