List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- ensemble (e.g. orchestra, chamber group, etc.), concert
popular irregular okurigana godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to send back, to refer back
popular noun noun (generic)
- bundle of banknotes, stack of bills
- large sum of money
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic)
- living together, mixed residence, sharing living quarters
- multi-tenant, community
popular noun noun (generic)
- place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains
- mountain recess
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- groin, thigh, crotch, crutch
- fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.), tines (of a fork)
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- going backward, turning back, backtracking, doubling back
- retrogression, relapse, returning to a bad state
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- likes and dislikes, tastes, preferences, pickiness (esp. about food), choosiness, fussiness
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to sit, to squat
- to assume (a position)
- to hold steady, to hold still
popular noun noun (generic)
- mountain climbing, mountaineering