List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular obsolete reading irregular okurigana obsolete kanji JLPT N2 noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) ใช adjective noun noun (generic)
- slanting, tilted, sloping, diagonal, oblique
- distorted (feeling), slanted (e.g. view of the world), bad (mood), amiss, awry
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to boil, to simmer, to stew, to seethe
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- meaning, tenor, gist
- effect, influence
- appearance, aspect
- grace, charm, refinement, taste, elegance
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- cycle, period
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb colloquial
- to be able to do, to be possible, to be permitted (to do)
- to be good at, to do well, to be proficient (in), to be capable
- to come into existence, to form, to appear, to come up (of a matter), to be born, to make (a friend), to get (a girlfriend, free time, etc.)
- to be made, to be built, to be constructed, to be formed, to be established, to be set up
- to be finished, to be completed, to be done, to be ready
- to grow (of a crop), to be produced
- to be mature and well-balanced, to be of fine character
- to be by nature, to be born ...
- to become (sexually) involved (with), to become intimate (with), to take up (with someone)
- to get pregnant
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- execution
popular noun noun (generic) obsolete term
- early summer
- fourth month of the lunar calendar
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.), filling in, filling out
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to occur, to happen
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to rescue from, to help out of, to save