List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb
- serious damage, heavy damage, being wrecked
- thrashing (an opponent), crushing, giving a drubbing
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) abbreviation colloquial
- wild goose
- glans, head of a penis
popular obsolete kanji noun noun (generic)
- lack, deficiency, vacancy
- absence, non-attendance
popular prefix abbreviation noun noun (generic)
- compound, composite, multiple, re-, bi-
- doubles (tennis, badminton, etc.)
- place bet (in horse racing, etc.), show bet, bet that predicts a top 2 or top 3 finish (depending on number of horses, etc. in race)
popular noun noun (generic) archaic
- main street (esp. in a capital), main thoroughfare
- most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryล period)
popular historical term noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- communications (e.g. post, telegraph)
- Ministry of Communications and Transportation (dissolved in 1949)
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 JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- exhibition, display, putting on show
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail), claw, talon, hoof
- plectrum, pick
- hook, clasp
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become settled, to be fixed