List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する adverb archaic
- look, glimpse, glance
- apparently, seemingly, at first glance, on the face of it
- first meeting
popular noun noun (generic)
- glance, look, glimpse
- complete view, bird's-eye view
popular noun noun (generic)
- (revenue) stamp
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.), to inherit, to succeed to, to carry on (a tradition), to continue
- to hand over
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to take into one's possession, to receive, to accept, to collect, to claim
- to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet), to take custody of, to adopt
- to leave, to go away, to withdraw, to get out
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic)
- train (esp. long distance train)
- steam train
popular noun noun (generic)
- seasonal word (in haiku)
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- curve
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic)
- uniformity, equality
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- goldfish (Carassius auratus)