List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic)
- cold wave
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) slang counter
- rod, pole
- neck (of a shamisen, etc.), shamisen
- beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance)
- single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese)
- penis
- counter for flags (on poles), counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. yลkan)
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N1 ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- solid, firm, stout, burly, strong, sturdy
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- looks, features
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable), schedule
popular JLPT N5 ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- young, youthful
- immature, green
- low (number), small
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) boxing
- trouble, bother
- number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.)
- number of punches
popular noun noun (generic)
- writing vertically, vertical writing
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- steamship, steamboat, steamer
popular noun noun (generic)
- common language, lingua franca
- standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)