popular irregular reading search-only kana form search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone interjection
- hello, good day, good afternoon
popular search-only kana form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) food, cooking usually written using kana alone hanafuda
- seed (e.g. of a plant), pip, kernel, stone (e.g. of a peach)
- progeny, offspring, issue, breed
- paternal blood, lineage
- sperm, semen, seed
- cause, source, seed, origin
- material (e.g. for an article), matter (e.g. of a story), subject (of discussion), theme, (news) copy, source (of a story)
- ingredient, main ingredient (of a piece of sushi), leaven
- mechanism (of a magic trick, etc.), secret, trickery
- 10-point card, tane, animal card
popular search-only kana form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- painful, bitter, heart-breaking, difficult (emotionally)
- tough, difficult, hard (usu. of situations)
- cruel, harsh, cold
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- aizuchi, backchanneling, interjections indicating that one is paying attention
- two smiths hammering at an object in turn
popular search-only kana form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- razor
gairaigo Portuguese origin popular search-only kana form ateji search-only kanji form food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- tempura, deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form ateji food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- sukiyaki, thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
popular search-only kana form ateji rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic) interjection
- noisy, loud
- annoying, troublesome, tiresome, persistent, importunate
- fussy, finicky, picky, particular, nagging, fastidious, bossy
- shut up, be quiet
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb usually written using kana alone
- to lick, to lap, to suck
- to taste
- to experience (esp. a hardship)
- to underestimate, to make light of, to look down on (someone), to make a fool of, to treat with contempt, to disparage
- to lick (at; of flames), to burn
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb usually written using kana alone auxiliary verb colloquial slang
- to go, to move (towards), to head (towards), to leave (for)
- to move through, to travel across, to walk along (e.g. a road)
- to go (well, badly, etc.), to proceed, to turn out, to get along
- to do (in a particular way), to go (with; a choice), to try
- to pass (of time, seasons, etc.), to go by
- to stream, to flow
- to die, to pass away
- to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.), to get to, to go (so far as ...)
- to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.), to arrive
- to continue ..., to go on ..., to (progress) steadily, to gradually ..., to progressively ...
- to have an orgasm, to come, to cum
- to trip, to get high, to have a drug-induced hallucination