List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ
- being very busy, busyness
popular rarely used kana form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- (outward) appearance
- (proper) format (e.g. of an essay), form, style
- appearances, decency, show, display
- lip-service, insincere words, glib talk
popular search-only kanji form Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to lie in wait (for), to be on the watch (for), to wait (for), to watch (for)
popular noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)
- bad actor, lousy actor, wooden actor, ham actor
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- main street, avenue, boulevard
popular ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- fatal, lethal
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- matchmaker
- go-between, intermediary, middleman, mediator, intercessor
popular obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family), martin
- barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- younger man involved with an older woman, boy toy
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be added to, to be appended
- to join in (e.g. a group of friends), to participate
- to increase (e.g. heat), to gain in (e.g. influence), to grow, to gather (speed)
- to be applied (e.g. heat, pressure), to be exerted
popular noun noun (generic)
- family lineage