List: popular word

popular  JLPT N1  Ichidan verb  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

• to forbid, to ban, to prohibit
• to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.), to hold back (e.g. tears)

popular  noun  noun (generic)  historical term 

• recent past, recent times
• early modern period (Azuchi-Momoyama to Edo in Japan)

popular  JLPT N3  い adjective  adjective (generic)  suffix 

• painful, difficult, tough, hard
• distressing, (psychologically) difficult, stressful, awkward (e.g. position)
• straitened (circumstances), tight (financial situation), needy, struggling
• strained (interpretation, explanation, etc.), lame (e.g. excuse), forced (e.g. smile), far-fetched
• hard to do, unpleasant

popular  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)

popular  な adjective  adjective (generic) 

• formal

popular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic) 

• menu, bill of fare
• program, programme, schedule

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb  go (game) 

• (formal) meeting with a view to marriage, interview with a prospective spouse
• correspondence, balance
• two different options such that if one player takes one, the other player can take the other

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• key
• lock
• key (to a problem, success, etc.), clue

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N1  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

• to drag, to trail, to pull along the ground, to lug
• to force (someone) along, to drag (along)
• to prolong, to drag out
• to influence, to persuade, to entice, to lure

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N4  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  intransitive verb 

• to move (house), to change residence