List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic)
- Japanese-style room
popular noun noun (generic)
- Japanese food, Japanese dish, Japanese cuisine
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- armpit, under one's arm, side, flank
- beside, close to, near, by
- aside, to the side, away, out of the way
- off-track, off-topic
- deuteragonist, supporting role
- second verse (in a linked series of poems)
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone humble language godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb auxiliary verb suffix
- to be (animate), to be, to exist
- to be ...-ing
- to have ...-ed, to be ...-ed
- to (have the audacity to) do
popular noun noun (generic)
- secondhand book
- ancient book, antiquarian books
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) adverb
- this morning
popular noun noun (generic)
- another name, different name, synonym
- alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume
popular obsolete kanji godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to shake, to jolt, to rock (cradle), to swing
popular noun noun (generic)
- visitor, caller
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- bet, wager, stake, gamble