List: colloquial
Words not used in formal speech, writing or paralinguistics.
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb colloquial
- to erase, to rub out, to rub off, to cross out, to delete
- to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.), to switch off
- to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.), to put out
- to remove (a smell, pain, etc.), to eliminate, to get rid of, to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.), to neutralize (poison)
- to drown out (a sound), to deaden, to absorb, to muffle
- to kill, to murder, to bump off, to rub out
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb colloquial
- to slide, to glide, to skate, to ski
- to slip, to skid
- to be slippery
- to fail (an examination)
- to lose (a position), to be demoted
- to bomb (when telling a joke), to fall flat
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb colloquial
- evaporation
- disappearance (of a person), vanishing without a trace
popular noun noun (generic) colloquial
- marine plant, seagrass
- seaweed
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb colloquial
- to be boiled down
- to come to a standstill, to reach an impasse
- to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
popular abbreviation noun noun (generic) colloquial
- social integration (esp. of burakumin), assimilation
- burakumin
popular JLPT N2 ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) colloquial
- cool, calm, composed, unconcerned, nonchalant, unmoved, indifferent
- all right, fine, OK, okay
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb colloquial
- to lend, to loan
- to rent out, to hire out
- to hand (over), to give
popular noun noun (generic) colloquial sensitive noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- fallen scraps, scatterings
- leftovers, remainder, pickings, odds and ends
- student who cannot keep up in school, dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
popular noun noun (generic) colloquial
- (written) appeal, circular, manifesto
- encouragement, encouraging words, letter of encouragement