List: 2023 Japanese Words

Wordpopular  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic) 

• way, method, means, resource, course

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  Ichidan verb  verb (generic)  intransitive verb  colloquial  usually written using kana alone  auxiliary verb 

• to break, to snap, to be cut, to split, to crack
• to be injured
• to wear out, to be worn out
• to break, to burst, to collapse
• to wear off, to stop working, to go dead
• to expire (time limit, etc.), to run out, to become due
• to run out (of stock, etc.), to be exhausted, to be used up, to be sold out, to be out of
• to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship), to break up, to have severed ties, to be cut off, to be disconnected
• to cut well, to be sharp
• to be sharp-minded, to be keen, to be shrewd, to be quick-witted, to be able
• to be short of, to drop under (a certain figure), to beat (e.g. a record time)
• to dry off
• to curve, to veer
• to shuffle (cards)
• to get angry, to snap, to blow one's top, to lose one's temper, to flip
• to be able to do completely

Wordpopular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• occurrence, happening, incident, event

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  onomatopoeic or mimetic word  adverb  な adjective  adjective (generic) 

• all, altogether, entirely, completely
• exactly alike (e.g. in appearance), spitting image of, identical, strikingly similar

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

• to invite, to ask
• to beckon, to wave someone in, to gesture to
• to call in, to send for, to summon
• to bring on oneself, to cause, to incur, to lead to, to result in

Wordpopular  ateji  rarely used kanji form  search-only kanji form  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  adverb 

• suddenly, casually, accidentally, incidentally, unexpectedly, unintentionally

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• window

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N2  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb  intransitive verb  archaic 

• to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.)
• to look down into (a ravine, etc.)
• to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.)
• to sneak a look at, to take a quick look at
• to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.)
• to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.), to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.)
• to examine (an expression), to study (a face)
• to face

Wordpopular  irregular reading  search-only kana form  usually written using kana alone  pre-noun adjectival  adjective (generic) 

• such, this sort of, like this

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  search-only kanji form  usually written using kana alone  polite language  noun  noun (generic)  interjection 

• the end, closing, being done for
• that's it, that's enough, that's all