List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular search-only kanji form Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to mistake (for something or someone else), to be unable to recognize
popular obsolete kanji Buddhism noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone abbreviation
- Amitabha (Buddha), Amida
- ghostleg lottery, ladder lottery, lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner
- wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- one blow, one hit, one stroke
- summiting on the first attempt (oft. without prior knowledge about the route; in climbing), on-sight, flashing
popular noun noun (generic)
- volume (sound)
popular noun noun (generic) abbreviation archaic
- stake, post, pile, picket
- stump
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- wiping out, sweeping away, eradicating, dispelling
ๅคฉ็ใฆใใtengupopular noun noun (generic) idiomatic expression
- tengu, red-faced and long-nosed goblin said to reside deep in the mountains
- bragging, conceit, braggart, boaster, conceited person
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb abbreviation
- night travel, walking around at night
- night train
- nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb photography
- exposure, laying bare, baring (e.g. skin)
- exposure
- (media) exposure, appearance (on TV, in magazines, etc.)
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to discuss fully, to discuss from every angle, to deal exhaustively with (an issue)