List: Essential

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb  physics 

• work, job, labor, labour, business, task, assignment, occupation, employment
• work

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb  auxiliary verb 

• to receive, to take, to accept
• to get someone to do something
• to have in one's pocket (a fight, match)
• to contract (a disease), to catch, to be affected

Wordpopular  auxiliary adjective  adjective (generic)  particle  Kyuushuu-ben  suffix  い adjective 

• want to ... do something, would like to ...
• indicates emphasis
• very ...

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  adverb  suffix  colloquial 

• in front (of), before (e.g. a building)
• before, earlier, previously, prior, ago, (minutes) to (the hour)
• (the) front, frontal part, fore, head (e.g. of a line)
• forward, ahead
• (in the) presence (of), in front (of someone)
• previous (e.g. page), prior (e.g. engagement), first (e.g. half), former (e.g. example)
• portion, helping
• front (of one's body or clothing), breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.)
• privates, private parts
• criminal record, previous conviction, (a) prior

Wordpopular  JLPT N4  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  intransitive verb 

• to sound, to ring, to resound, to echo, to roar, to rumble

Wordpopular  JLPT N4  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• sleepy, drowsy, somnolent

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N5  usually written using kana alone  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  intransitive verb  shogi  honorific language  auxiliary verb 

• to become, to get, to grow, to turn, to reach, to attain
• to result in, to turn out, to end up, to prove (to be)
• to consist of, to be composed of, to be made up of
• to be completed, to be realized, to succeed, to be attained, to be accomplished
• to change (into), to turn (into), to transform
• to come (to do), to begin (to do), to grow (to do)
• to come to, to amount to, to add up to, to make
• to play (the part of), to act as
• to be used for, to be useful for, to serve as
• to be promoted
• to do ...

Wordpopular  computing  noun  noun (generic) 

• journal, log

Wordpopular  JLPT N4  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

• to send, to dispatch, to forward, to transmit, to ship, to remit
• to see (someone) off, to escort, to accompany, to take
• to bid farewell to (the departed), to say goodbye to, to bury
• to spend (time), to pass, to lead (a life), to live
• to pass (on, along), to advance (a runner)
• to affix (okurigana)

Wordpopular  JLPT N1  usually written using kana alone  adverb  interjection 

• indeed, really, truly, just (like)
• very, extremely, totally, terribly
• absolutely, certainly, for sure