List: 2023 Japanese Words

Wordpopular  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic) 

• tool, implement, instrument, utensil, apparatus, device
• means
• furniture

Wordpopular  obsolete kanji  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic)  usually written using kana alone  hanafuda 

• insect, bug, cricket, moth
• worm, roundworm
• thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings, (one's) unconscious
• nervousness, fretfulness
• person devoted to one thing, single-minded person
• valve core
• mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation  usually written using kana alone  slang 

• cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus)
• shamisen
• geisha
• wheelbarrow
• clay bed-warmer
• bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb  colloquial 

• to hold (in one's hand), to take, to carry
• to possess, to have, to own
• to maintain, to keep
• to last, to be durable, to keep, to survive
• to take charge of, to be in charge of
• to hold (meeting, etc.), to have (opportunity, etc.)
• to have "it", to have that special something, to be blessed with good luck

Wordnoun  noun (generic) 

• long-horned beetle

Wordpopular  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic) 

• answer, reply, response
• answer, solution, result

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  archaic 

• hole, opening, orifice, perforation
• pit, hollow, cavity, hole (e.g. in the ground)
• burrow, den, lair, holt, hole
• deficit, shortage, (financial) hole, loss
• gap (left by a missing employee, team member, etc.), vacancy, opening
• flaw, fault, defect, weak point, hole (in a theory, plan, etc.), loophole
• good place not many people know about, well-kept secret
• upset victory (with a large payoff), long shot, dark horse
• (partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre)
• hiding place, hideout

Wordpopular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic) 

• (tree) trunk, (arrow) shaft, (tool) handle, backbone, base

Wordpopular  obsolete reading  JLPT N5  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• round, circular, spherical
• curved, smooth
• harmonious, calm, peaceful, amiable, amicable

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  adverb  noun  noun (generic) 

• (what) the heck, (why) in the world, (who) on earth
• one object, one body, unity
• one form, one style
• one Buddhist image (or carving, etc.)
• generally, in general