List: colloquial
Words not used in formal speech, writing or paralinguistics.
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb colloquial slang
- sinking, foundering, going down, submersion
- getting dead drunk
- having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties
- staying in one place for a long time
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb colloquial jocular, humorous term expression archaic
- greeting, greetings, salutation, salute, polite set phrase used when meeting or parting from someone
- speech (congratulatory or appreciative), address
- reply, response
- courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
- revenge, retaliation
- a fine thing to say
- dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment)
- relationship (between people), connection
- intervention, mediation, mediator
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) euphemistic colloquial noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- close friendship, close friend, good friend, bosom buddy, chum, pal
- intimate relations, sexual intercourse, sex
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb colloquial
- roar of laughter (from multiple people), burst of laughter, uproarious laughter
- laughing hard (of a single person)
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 ใ adjective adjective (generic) colloquial
- casual, unconcerned, nonchalant, indifferent, offhand
- ordinary, normal, regular, everyday, unremarkable
popular colloquial abbreviation noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- having graduated from junior high school (as one's highest completed level of education), having completed no schooling beyond junior high school, middle school graduate
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) colloquial
- greengrocer, fruit and vegetable shop
- jack of all trades
popular noun noun (generic) colloquial sensitive
- unsold items, leftovers, remainders, remnants
- spinster, old maid
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) colloquial
- fighting scene, scene of carnage (bloodshed)
- location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra
- difficulties (in a love relationship)
- crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
popular usually written using kana alone colloquial noun noun (generic)
- gun, pistol
- ohajiki, traditional children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped pieces of coloured glass or plastic
- repellence