List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular search-only kana form search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) derogatory dated term usually written using kana alone slang Internet slang
- Buddhist nun
- Catholic nun, sister
- bitch
- Amagasaki (city in Hyogo Prefecture)
- Amazon (online retailer)
popular noun noun (generic)
- alchemy
- way of making money, moneymaker, money-spinner
popular JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to escape (disaster, death, etc.), to be saved from, to be rescued from
- to avoid (e.g. punishment), to evade (e.g. responsibility), to avert, to elude, to be exempted from
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form sensitive noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- blindness, blind person
- illiteracy, illiterate person
- ignorance, ignorant person
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- accepting, consenting, agreeing, submission, compliance, agreement, consent
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- revolution, rotation, turning, circling, swiveling
- turning (an aircraft or ship)
popular noun noun (generic)
- elective subject or course
popular noun noun (generic) anatomy
- front garden, front yard
- vestibule (of the ear)
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- partner, pal, accomplice
popular noun noun (generic)
- penny candy, cheap individually wrapped sweets