List: Core Japanese words

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• near, close, short (distance)
• close (in time), soon
• close (relationship), friendly, intimate
• closely related
• similar, almost the same, close to, nearly

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• small, little, tiny
• slight, below average (in degree, amount, etc.), minor, small
• low (e.g. sound), soft (e.g. voice)
• unimportant, petty, insignificant, trifling, trivial
• young, juvenile

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• big, large, great
• loud
• extensive, spacious
• important, decisive, valuable
• older, grown up

Wordpopular  obsolete reading  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N3  い adjective  adjective (generic)  suffix 

• good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable
• sufficient, enough, ready, prepared
• profitable (deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial
• OK, all right, fine, no problem
• easy to ...

Wordpopular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N5  い adjective  adjective (generic)  interjection 

• bad, poor, undesirable
• poor (quality), inferior, insufficient
• evil, sinful
• ugly, not beautiful
• at fault, to blame, in the wrong
• bad (at doing something)
• unprofitable, unbeneficial
• sorry, (my) bad, unforgivable

Wordpopular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N5  な adjective  adjective (generic)  usually written using kana alone 

• pretty, lovely, beautiful, fair
• clean, clear, pure, tidy, neat
• completely, entirely

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N2  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• ugly, unattractive, bad-looking
• unsightly, unseemly, disgraceful, shameful, dishonorable

Wordpopular  ateji  obsolete kanji  JLPT N5  い adjective  adjective (generic)  euphemistic  archaic 

• difficult, hard, troublesome, complicated, serious (disease, problem, etc.)
• impossible, unfeasible
• fussy, particular, fastidious, hard to please, displeased
• gloomy, glum, sullen, serious (look)
• dirty, unclean, filthy, detestable
• unpleasant, uncomfortable, creepy, spooky

Wordpopular  obsolete kanji  JLPT N4  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic) 

• simple, easy, uncomplicated
• brief, quick, light

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• skillful, skilful, skilled, good, expert, clever (expression, trick, etc.), apt, appropriate
• delicious, tasty, good, nice
• good (deal, idea, etc.), profitable, promising, lucky, fortunate, successful, satisfactory, splendid