List: interjection (kandoushi)
Spoken or written expressions of emotion.
popular search-only kana form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) go (game) interjection
- no good, not serving its purpose, useless, broken
- hopeless, wasted, in vain, purposeless
- cannot, must not, not allowed
- neutral point, intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game
- no!, stop!
popular usually written using kana alone interjection
- I'm beaten, I give up
popular JLPT N2 abbreviation usually written using kana alone interjection honorific language noun noun (generic)
- (please) try to
- (please) look
- seeing, looking, watching
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) abbreviation interjection
- eager, earnest, ardent, kind, keen, acute
- OFF (on switch)
popular obsolete reading JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) interjection
- pity, sorrow, grief, misery, compassion, pathos
- pitiable, pitiful, pathetic, miserable
- alack, alas
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic) adverb interjection
- how ...!, what ...!
- what?, what's that?
popular search-only kana form JLPT N5 い adjective adjective (generic) interjection
- dangerous, risky, hazardous, perilous, precarious
- in danger, in jeopardy, critical, grave, at risk
- uncertain, unreliable, insecure, unsteady, doubtful
- close (call), narrow (escape)
- look out!, watch out!, be careful!
popular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb interjection
- to understand, to comprehend, to grasp, to see, to get, to follow
- to become clear, to be known, to be discovered, to be realized, to be realised, to be found out
- I know!, I think so too!
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する な adjective adjective (generic) male term interjection
- rudeness, impoliteness, disrespect, impertinence
- leaving, going (on one's way), saying goodbye
- taking without permission, stealing, pinching, pilfering
- my apologies, I must be going now, so long
popular JLPT N3 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic) interjection
- superior, first-class, excellent, top quality
- (that's) just fine!, bring it on!