List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
手袋てぶくろtebukuropopular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic)
- glove, mitten, mitt
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- arrangement, preparations
- search (by police)
popular obsolete reading JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- (company) director, executive, top management
- important post, role with heavy responsibilities
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) adverb usually written using kana alone
- beginning, start, outset, opening
- first (in line, etc.)
- origin
- such as ..., not to mention ...
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- inspection, reading, perusal
- browsing (the web)
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb archaic
- to descend, to go down, to come down
- to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)
- to pass (of time)
- to surrender, to capitulate
- to be less than, to be inferior to
- to have the runs, to have diarrhea
- to pass (in stool), to be discharged from the body
- to depreciate oneself, to be humble
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する
- boarding, lodging, board and lodging, room and board
- boarding house, lodging house, lodgings
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- drainage, ditch, gutter, sewerage
- sewage, black water
popular noun noun (generic)
- kayōkyoku, form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era
- (Western) pop song
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- spark