List: Core Japanese words

Wordpopular  search-only kanji form  pronoun 

• we, us

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  usually written using kana alone  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• bad (taste), unpalatable, unsavoury, unsavory, awful, terrible, unpleasant
• poor, unskillful, unskilful, bungling, clumsy
• ugly, unattractive, homely, plain
• awkward, problematic, troublesome, unfavorable, unfavourable, unwise

Wordpopular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic) 

• minute (unit of time)
• fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

Wordpopular  polite language  copula 

• be, is

Wordpopular  particle 

• indicates sentence topic
• indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
• adds emphasis

Wordpopular  particle  interjection 

• right?, isn't it?, doesn't it?, don't you?, don't you think?
• hey, say, listen, look, come on
• you know, you see, I must say, I should think
• will you?, please
• so, ..., well, ..., you see, ..., you understand?
• I'm not sure if ..., I have my doubts about whether ...

Wordpopular  particle 

• indicates direct object of action
• indicates subject of causative expression
• indicates an area traversed
• indicates time (period) over which action takes place
• indicates point of departure or separation of action
• indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

Wordpopular  particle 

• to, towards, for

Wordpopular  particle  archaic 

• at (place, time), in, on, during
• to (direction, state), toward, into
• for (purpose)
• because of (reason), for, with
• by, from
• as (i.e. in the role of)
• per, in, for, a (e.g. "once a month")
• and, in addition to
• if, although

Wordpopular  particle  prefix  suffix  archaic  adverb 

• indicates a question
• or, whether or not
• some- (e.g. something, someone)
• hmm, huh
• very
• -al, -ial, -ic, -ical, -ish, -y
• in that way