List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
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
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- good luck, fortune
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to sever, to cut off
- to suppress, to eradicate, to exterminate
- to abstain (from), to give up
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- exit and entrance
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to remain, to be left
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- first departure (of the day), first train, first bus
- departing from the starting station (of a bus, train, etc.)
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to try (out), to have a try (at), to test, to put to the test
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- gear, cogwheel
- cog (in an organization, company, etc.), cog in the machine
popular JLPT N1 historical term noun noun (generic) colloquial
- warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period), samurai
- person with a strong backbone, person that does incredible things, person of considerable talent