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List: colloquial

Words not used in formal speech, writing or paralinguistics.

Showing 31 - 40 of 1742 words for the list colloquial. #col
頼むたのむtanomu

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N5  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb  colloquial  interjection 

  • to request, to beg, to ask
  • to call, to order, to reserve
  • to entrust to
  • to rely on
  • please, please do
解禁かいきんkaikin

popular  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb  colloquial 

  • lifting a ban, raising an embargo, opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.)
  • publishing contents, revealing information
地雷じらいjirai

popular  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial 

  • land mine
  • topic that sets someone off, sensitive topic, taboo topic, trigger
  • something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business), booby trap, pitfall
二世にせいnisei

popular  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix)  noun (prefix)  colloquial 

  • nisei, second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.), person of Japanese parentage with non-Japanese citizenship
  • the second (e.g. Edward II)
  • son
かいkai

popular  JLPT N3  counter  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial  noun (suffix)  abbreviation 

  • counter for occurrences
  • a time, an instance
  • inning (baseball), round, game
  • episode, chapter, instalment
  • Hui (people)
  • Islam
小屋こやkoya

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  humble language  colloquial 

  • hut, cabin, shed, (animal) pen
  • small theatre (theater), temporary playhouse, circus tent, booth
  • one's own house
地味じみjimi

popular  JLPT N2  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial  adverb 

  • plain, simple, subdued, sober
  • reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.), modest, quiet, unobtrusive
  • quite, a (little) bit
はこhako

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial  archaic  suffix  counter 

  • box, case, chest, package, pack, crate
  • car (of a train, etc.)
  • shamisen case, shamisen
  • public building, community building
  • man who carries a geisha's shamisen
  • receptacle for human waste, feces (faeces)
  • counter for boxes (or boxed objects)
走りはしりhashiri

popular  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial 

  • running
  • gliding
  • first (harvest) of the season
  • beginning, start
  • kitchen sink
劇的げきてきgekiteki

popular  irregular kanji usage  な adjective  adjective (generic)  colloquial 

  • dramatic, exciting, touching
  • extreme

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