List: 2023 Japanese Words

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Showing 131 - 140 of 153 words for the list 2023 Japanese Words.

Wordpopular search-only kanji form JLPT N4 yojijukugo adverb な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)

very hard, with utmost effort, as hard as one can, with all one's might, for dear life, eagerly, desperately

Wordpopular JLPT N2 い adjective adjective (generic)

suspicious, dubious, questionable, dodgy, shady, fishy
doubtful, unsure, uncertain, unlikely, implausible
untrustworthy, unreliable, clumsy, awkward, shaky, poor
strange, weird, eerie, spooky, uncanny
ominous (e.g. weather), threatening, dangerous (e.g. financial situation), uncertain
suspicious (of a potential amorous relation)
mysterious, bewitching, alluring, enticing, enchanting

Wordpopular rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb

to catch, to capture, to arrest, to seize, to restrain
to grab, to clutch, to grasp, to seize, to hold on to
to catch hold of (someone), to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street), to hail (a taxi, waiter, etc.), to hold (someone) back, to detain
towards (someone), at (someone), in (someone's) face

Wordonomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle