List: Essential

Words one would need to become fluent in Japanese.

Showing 251 - 260 of 602 words for the list Essential.

Wordpopular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb linguistics

to work, to labor, to labour
to function, to operate, to be effective, to work (i.e. ... works), to come into play
to commit (e.g. a crime), to perpetrate, to do, to act, to practise, to practice
to be conjugated

Wordgairaigo German origin popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb

Wordpopular noun noun (generic)

Wordpopular usually written using kana alone い adjective adjective (generic) auxiliary adjective

Wordpopular obsolete kanji JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun (suffix)

thing, matter
incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis
circumstances, situation, state of affairs
work, business, affair
after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
nominalizing suffix
pretending to ..., playing make-believe ...
alias, also known as, otherwise known as, or
necessity, need
you should ..., I advise that you ..., it's important to ...

Wordpopular familiar language particle children's language

Wordpopular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb

to drink, to swallow, to take (medicine)
to smoke (tobacco)
to swallow up, to engulf
to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.), to keep down, to hold back, to swallow (one's tears), to catch (one's breath)
to accept (a demand, conditions, etc.), to agree to
to make light of (someone), to think nothing of, to overwhelm, to overawe
to carry (a concealed dagger, etc.), to conceal (up one's sleeve, etc.)

Wordpopular formal or literary term adverb

Wordpopular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb