List: adjective (generic)
All kinds of Japanese adjectives
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- talking in one's sleep, somniloquy
- nonsense, gibberish
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) logic abbreviation
- truth, reality, genuineness
- seriousness
- truth
- printed style writing
- star performer
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone interjection noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) archaic rare term adverb
- by no means, never!, well, I never!, you don't say!, certainly (not)
- something unexpected, emergency
- currently, for the time being, presently, for now
- indeed, really, truly, unexpectedly
popular irregular kanji usage noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb な adjective adjective (generic)
- lack of filial piety, disobedience to one's parents
popular search-only kana form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone い adjective adjective (generic)
- painful, bitter, heart-breaking, difficult (emotionally)
- tough, difficult, hard (usu. of situations)
- cruel, harsh, cold
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone い adjective adjective (generic)
- fresh and youthful, lively, vibrant, vivacious, juicy (e.g. fruit)
popular JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone い adjective adjective (generic) colloquial adverb
- terrible, dreadful
- amazing (e.g. of strength), great (e.g. of skills), wonderful, terrific
- to a great extent, vast (in numbers)
- awfully, very, immensely
popular JLPT N3 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) colloquial abbreviation prefix archaic
- raw, uncooked, fresh
- natural, as it is, unedited, unprocessed
- unprotected (sex), raw, bareback
- live (i.e. not recorded)
- inexperienced, unpolished, green, crude
- impudence, sauciness
- unpasteurized beer, draft beer, draught beer
- blank (e.g. disk), unused
- just a little, somehow, vaguely, partially, somewhat, half-, semi-
- insufficient, incomplete, half-baked, half-hearted, perfunctory
- cash
- tipsiness
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone い adjective adjective (generic)
- brittle, fragile, weak, frail
- tender-hearted, sentimental, easily moved
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 い adjective adjective (generic)
- painful, heartrending, trying
- oppressive, suffocating, miserable