popular JLPT N3 familiar language noun noun (generic)
- mom, mommy, mum, mummy, mother, mama, mamma
- female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 honorific language noun noun (generic) familiar language
- older brother, elder brother
- young man, buddy, fella, laddie
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 familiar language male term pronoun noun noun (generic)
- you
- before (a god, nobleman, etc.), in front of
popular JLPT N1 honorific language familiar language suffix polite language
- Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms., -san
- politeness marker
popular JLPT N4 familiar language suffix
- suffix for familiar person
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone pronoun familiar language
- you
- dear, honey
popular rarely used kanji form familiar language pronoun noun noun (generic) polite language obsolete term
- you, buddy, pal
- monarch, ruler, sovereign, (one's) master
- he, she
popular noun noun (generic) familiar language pronoun
- head (of a household, etc.), leader, master
- owner, proprietor, proprietress
- subject (of a rumour, etc.), doer (of a deed)
- guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers), long-time resident (or employee, etc.)
- husband
- you
popular suffix ใช adjective adjective (generic) colloquial familiar language dated term
- -ical, -ive, -al, -ic, -y
- -like, -ish, -sort of, -kind of
- (something) like, along the lines of
- -wise, in terms of, for, from the viewpoint of, from a ... standpoint, as far as ... is concerned
- Mr., Ms., Mrs.
popular familiar language female term interjection
- look here, I say, well, I know what, I'll tell you what, just a minute, hold on