popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb sumo
- person who clears the way for a high-ranking person, procession, etc., outrider, harbinger, forerunner
- opening performer
- sumo wrestler who leads a yokozuna at his ring-entering ceremony
popular noun noun (generic)
- cosmic dual forces, yin and yang, sun and moon, etc.
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- ama, female diver who collects shells, seaweed, etc.
popular sumo martial arts noun noun (generic)
- leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.)
- foothold, pedal
- indicates a consecutive period of time incl. incomplete days, etc. at the ends
popular suru verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be equal in number, degree, etc. (of two things in opposition), to balance, to cancel out
popular expression noun noun (generic)
- thick fog (of suspicion), black veil of secrecy, covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.
popular noun noun (generic)
- (police) legwork, house-to-house inquiry, canvassing, investigation carried out by questioning neighbours, bystanders, etc.
popular noun noun (generic)
- carpet, rug, matting, carpeting
- mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on
- spread, (cloth) cover, coaster
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb する verb (generic) noun (generic) intransitive verb children's language noun
- rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.), grumbling, growling, purring
- rolling (of something large and heavy), tumbling
- all over the place, everywhere, commonly, in great numbers
- idly, lazily, slothfully
- (uncomfortable feeling of) having a foreign substance in one's eye, stomach, etc.
- thunder
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) counter
- street, road, avenue, thoroughfare
- traffic, coming and going
- flow (of water, air, etc.), passage, running
- transmission (of sound), reach (of voice)
- reputation, favor, favour, popularity
- understanding, comprehension, comprehensibility, clarity
- the same way (as), as (follows, stated, expected, etc.)
- counter for sets of things
- counter for methods, ways, kinds, etc.