List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- author, writer, novelist, artist
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) military
- tactics, strategy
- military operation, naval operation
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- magazine, journal, periodical
popular search-only kana form JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) counter slang usually written using kana alone card games mahjong noun (prefix)
- mountain, hill
- mine
- (mountain) forest
- heap, pile, stack, mountain
- protruding or high part of an object, crown (of a hat), thread (of a screw), tread (of a tire)
- climax, peak, critical point
- guess, speculation, gamble
- (criminal) case, crime
- mountain climbing, mountaineering
- festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd)
- deck (from which players draw cards), draw pile, stock
- wall, wall tile
- wild
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- approval, agreement, support, favour, favor
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- provisional, temporary, tentative
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to use (a tool, method, etc.), to make use of, to put to use
- to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.), to employ, to handle, to manage, to manipulate
- to use (time, money, etc.), to spend, to consume
- to use (language), to speak
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- use, application, employment, utilization, utilisation
popular noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) adverb
- in history, ever, historical
popular noun noun (generic)
- mayor