Top 400 Most Used Japanese Words

Japanese word (Fronunciation in hiragana)

Part of Speeech

__

[particle]

__'s

[particle]

to _[place]_

[Herb]

[particle]

and ___

[verb]

do ____

is _____

[adjective]

not there

[verb]

to be there

[particle]
[verb]

__

with ____

don't have (non-living or non-moving)

have (things that are living and moving)

__ too
to be there

[particle]

__ also
have (non-living or non-moving)

from _____

because ______

[noun]

thing (intangible/abstract)

[verb]

to become

[adjective]

__

[verb, in polite form]

()

[verb]

[noun]

__

[adjective]

thing (tangible/physical)
this ___
to come
to think
one
to look/see/watch

[noun]

[number]

__
__

[particle]
[suffix]
[noun]
[particle]

* can mean Right.

to say/tell

[verb]

like that

person

[verb]
[number]

___

that way

[verb]

* use particle with nouns

is ____

[noun]

fact

that ____

[adverb]

Note

of _______

Meaning in English

what
two
until _____
__s

{pluralizes a noun}

myself
only _____

(for people or animals)

him/her/your/oneself

[noun]
[noun]
[noun]
[noun]

this
face
to be able to do

[adjective]
[noun]
[noun]
[noun]

is unisex for formal situations; else feminine

the inside (of something)

[verb]

me

used with nouns

good
he

him

hand
voice

[noun]

eye

[verb]

to do

[adjective]

how

refers to quality, not means

for How do you ___, say ____

___

[noun/adverb]
[conjunction]

the front of
But,

[noun]
[adjective]
[noun]

that ___
person

[verb]

to go out

[verb]

to find out

[number]

[adverb]

[number]

[verb]

__

[adjective]
[verb]

use at start of sentence

a male
that over there, away from listener and speaker
often used to mean one who ___
to leave/exit
to know

I know

to go
three
to be discernible to understand Person not the subject
that kind of ____
to give (to the speaker)

[verb]

to cut

[noun]

place/spot

[noun]

time/hour (as in a point in time)

she/her

[noun]
[noun]

to appear

already

ago

ten

[verb]

However,

man

before

here

often abstract

[conjunction]

And,

[adverb]

now

[noun]

the top of

[noun]

[noun]

[noun]

[adverb]

__

[adverb]

[noun]

[noun]

[noun]

[verb]
[noun]

[noun]
[noun]

me

can see

more than ____ --er than ______

house

to think about

to consider

to put out/bring out

to enter
to carry

to go in
to have on one's person

mouth
a talk a story

[noun]

[conjunction]

but

[particle]

etc.

[noun]

you

[noun]

sound

used by males, less informal than

to be visible

to ask

there

[verb]

used by males in informal contexts

as much as ___

[verb]

me

day

[verb]

one's sake

to listen

[adverb]

to be with

again

[verb]

to stick onto

However,

[verb]

a female

to be attached

one's good

[noun]

above/on top

energy (one's) wits spirit mind

[conjuction]

the place over

woman

[noun]

use at start of sentence

case circumstances reason

[noun]
[noun]

often used in the middle of a sentence

and such

head
word


__

[adverb]
[particle]

[verb]
This is a place of peace

[noun]
[noun]

still

yet

with it still ______

while it still ______

to put on/cause to take up (space); to use (time, $) toward

interval
where

space in between

physical or temporal