List: colloquial
Words not used in formal speech, writing or paralinguistics.
colloquial usually written using kana alone expression auxiliary abbreviation
- if (it) doesn't exist, if there is no ..., if (one) doesn't have ...
- if not ..., unless ...
- have to ..., must ...
colloquial ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- fat, thick
usually written using kana alone suffix godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) colloquial intransitive verb
- to assume an air of ..., to act ..., to affect ..., to pose as ..., to behave like ..., to pretend to be ...
- to put on airs, to be self-important
colloquial noun noun (generic)
- student who is trying to get into their preferred college while already enrolled at another college
yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ colloquial
- performing a part in one's own play, playing a musical piece that one has written
- doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution)
- put-up job, charade
- sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
yojijukugo noun noun (generic) colloquial
- winning without fighting, method used to win without fighting
- one's own way of doing things (i.e. as different from that of one's instructor)
- Shinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu)
noun noun (generic) colloquial
- good actor who is inept in all other matters
- dedicated actor
colloquial usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ
- massage, rub
- squeezing
colloquial Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to place on (something)
- to give (someone) a ride, to give a lift, to pick up, to help on board
colloquial noun noun (generic)
- study guide (to supplement a textbook), crib, key