popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form ateji food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- sukiyaki, thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
popular ateji JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- seal (used in lieu of a signature), stamp, chop
popular search-only kana form ateji rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic) interjection
- noisy, loud
- annoying, troublesome, tiresome, persistent, importunate
- fussy, finicky, picky, particular, nagging, fastidious, bossy
- shut up, be quiet
popular ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- being taken aback, state of shock, dumbfoundedness
popular ateji JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone adverb
- thoughtlessly, recklessly, rashly, indiscriminately, indiscreetly, at random
- excessively, unreasonably, immoderately, absurdly
popular ateji JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone yojijukugo ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) colloquial adverb
- nonsensical, unreasonable, absurd, unrealistic
- awfully, extremely, to excess, senseless, reckless
- disorder, confusion, being jumbled, being mixed up
- very, extremely, excessively
popular search-only kana form ateji JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) adverb
- absurd, unreasonable, nonsensical, preposterous, incoherent
- extreme, senseless, reckless, wanton
- disorderly, chaotic, confused, messy
- incredibly, really, so, super
popular ateji ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- boorish, unsophisticated, unrefined, uncouth, tasteless, insensitive, thoughtless, dumb
popular ateji usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- naughty, mischievous, unruly
popular ateji JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to dress stylishly
- to joke, to play on words