List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic)
- consulate
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- contour, outline, silhouette
- summary, outline, sketch
- looks, features
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb dated term
- to encourage, to cheer on, to cheer (someone) up
- to raise (one's voice)
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- (taking) notes, copying
popular noun noun (generic)
- iceberg
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb archaic
- to drift, to float
- to waft (e.g. a scent), to hang in the air
- to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood)
- to wander, to walk around aimlessly
- to be unsteady, to be unstable
- to falter, to flinch, to wince
- to live in unreliable circumstances
popular JLPT N3 ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- poor, needy
- lacking (quantity and quality-wise), poor, scanty, skimpy, slight, inadequate
popular irregular kanji usage JLPT N1 ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- poverty-stricken, destitute, poor, penurious
popular JLPT N3 noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) ใช adjective noun noun (generic) noun (suffix)
- wrong, bad, improper, unjustifiable, inadvisable
- not allowed, not possible
- failing grade
popular ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- irrational, illogical, unreasonable, absurd, inconsistent