List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- reading with pleasure
popular noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ noun (generic) transitive verb
- favorite, favourite, habitually used
popular noun noun (generic) abbreviation shogi
- enclosure, fence, wall, pen, paling
- storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.)
- partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies
- mistress
- castle, strong defensive position
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- entrusting, charge, delegation, authorization
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- chair, seat, stool, bench
- post, position, seat, office
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- heresy, nonconformism, heathenism, paganism
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- crow (Corvus spp.), raven
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- rainy weather
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) colloquial interjection
- lie, fib, falsehood, untruth
- mistake, error
- unwise move, bad decision
- no way!, unbelievable!, really?!
popular noun noun (generic) vulgar expression or word
- boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty)
- sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other