List: interjection (kandoushi)

popular  interjection 

• hello (e.g. on phone)
• excuse me! (when calling out to someone)

popular  interjection 

• oh!, ah!, oh dear!, good grief!, dear me!, thank God!

popular  interjection 

• welcome

popular  JLPT N2  usually written using kana alone  interjection  honorific language  noun  noun (generic) 

• I'm sorry, my apologies, excuse me, pardon me
• may I come in?
• permission, leave, license
• dismissal, discharge
• not wanting, objecting to, being fed up with, wishing to avoid

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  irregular reading  JLPT N2  usually written using kana alone  interjection 

• good evening

popular  search-only kana form  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  polite language  expression  interjection 

• excuse me, pardon me, I'm sorry, I beg your pardon
• thank you, you shouldn't have, it's too much

popular  irregular okurigana  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N4  usually written using kana alone  adverb  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  verb (generic)  noun (generic)  intransitive verb  interjection 

• for a moment, for a minute
• for a while, for some time
• for the time being, for now
• it's been a long time, long time no see

popular  JLPT N3  adverb  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  usually written using kana alone  interjection 

• really, truly, entirely, completely, wholly, perfectly
• indeed
• good grief

popular  search-only kana form  JLPT N1  usually written using kana alone  interjection  noun  noun (generic)  Buddhism 

• damn it, damn, son of a bitch, for Christ's sake
• beast, animal
• person reborn into the animal realm
• brute, bastard