List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic)
- mother-in-law
- foster mother
- step mother
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- shout, cry, outcry, yell, shriek, scream
popular JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to torment, to pain, to inflict (physical) pain, to hurt
- to harass, to cause (emotional) pain, to afflict, to distress, to bother, to trouble, to stump, to baffle
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- light (of movements), nimble, sprightly, springy
- light-hearted, cheerful, buoyant, jaunty, casual (e.g. clothing), rhythmical (e.g. melody)
- taking a turn for the better (of an illness), receding of symptoms, recovery, convalescence
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- making light of, thinking little of, slighting, belittling, dismissing, contempt, disdain
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb intransitive verb chemistry computing
- combination, union, joining, linking, coupling
- bond
- join (in relational algebra)
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- blood relationship, consanguinity
- blood relative
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun (suffix)
- ticket, coupon, bond, certificate
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- eaves
- narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb auxiliary verb
- to start, to begin, to commence, to initiate, to originate
- to start up (a business, society, etc.), to open (e.g. a store), to establish
- to start ..., to begin to ...