List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to dance (orig. a whirling dance)
- to whirl (in the wind), to flutter (about), to swirl, to fly, to circle, to wheel
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă intransitive verb
- dance (esp. Western style), dancing
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă transitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle ㎠adjective (generic)
- satire, irony, sarcasm
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ㎠adjective (generic)
- one side, one party, the other side, the other party
- one (of a pair), the other (one), the mate, the fellow
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă transitive verb
- return, giving back, giving up, relinquishing, surrendering
popular irregular reading JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb
- to keep, to preserve, to hold, to retain, to maintain, to sustain
- to last, to endure, to keep well (food), to wear well, to be durable
popular suffix
- (doing) as one pleases, to one's heart's content, letting (something) go unchecked, leaving uncontrolled, leaving (something) to take its own course
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N5 ă adjective adjective (generic)
- few, little, small (amount), low, scarce, insufficient, seldom, rare
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă transitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle ㎠adjective (generic)
- habitual use, daily use
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ㎠adjective (generic)
- new rice, first rice crop of the year
- novice, beginner, newcomer, new hand