List: formal or literary term
popular noun noun (generic) archaic formal or literary term
- pursuer, pursuing party, posse
- tailwind, favorable wind, fair wind
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic) humble language pronoun formal or literary term archaic
- unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.)
- I, me
- incompetent, unskilled, inexperienced, foolish
- unfortunate, unlucky
popular formal or literary term noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- the past
popular formal or literary term noun noun (generic)
- plum blossoms, ume blossom
popular noun noun (generic) formal or literary term
- main section (of a magazine or journal), central portion
- this magazine, our journal
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb formal or literary term intransitive verb
- to spread out (e.g. a futon), to lay out
- to lay down (e.g. a cushion)
- to impose widely (e.g. martial law), to promulgate
- to pin down, to hold down
- to lay (e.g. railway tracks)
- to deploy (e.g. troops)
- to spread (e.g. snow), to be propagated
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 formal or literary term godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby), to embrace, to hug
- to have (a thought or feeling), to hold, to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.), to harbor, to bear (a grudge, ill will, etc.), to entertain (hope, illusions, etc.), to cherish (e.g. an ambition)
popular formal or literary term interjection noun noun (generic)
- no, nay
- disagreement, objection, disapproval
popular particle formal or literary term
- it is ... that ..., precisely, in particular, definitely, for sure, only (when, after, because, etc.)
- although, while, it is the case that ... but
- it is precisely because ... that ..., only because ...
- not at all, not in the slightest, absolutely not, never
popular formal or literary term expression
- without doing