List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) adverb
- lunch break, noon recess, noon rest period
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- Japanese clothes
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to threaten, to menace, to intimidate
- to startle, to frighten, to scare
popular rarely used kana form noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- gold (colour, color)
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- duplication, repetition, overlapping, redundancy, restoration
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- (public) notice, attention, public eye, public gaze
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic)
- kite
popular rarely used kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb
- to pour (into)
- to sprinkle on (from above), to water (e.g. plants), to pour onto, to spray
- to shed (tears)
- to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on, to devote to, to fix (one's eyes) on
- to flow into (e.g. of a river), to run into, to drain into
- to fall (of rain, snow), to pour down
popular noun noun (generic)
- beginning of the year
- the oldest person
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- lending (money, commodities, etc.), finance, loan
- adaptability, versatility, flexibility, accommodation