List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic)
- corner, nook
popular noun noun (generic)
- worker, breadwinner, supporter
- able person, able man, productive worker
popular obsolete kanji Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to cast, to mint, to coin
popular noun noun (generic)
- hanging scroll
popular vulgar expression or word godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to eat, to drink, to wolf, to knock back
- to receive (e.g. a blow)
- to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable), to undergo (trouble)
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- faint, swoon, losing consciousness
popular noun noun (generic)
- polished rice, (uncooked) white rice
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- malt
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to make a mistake
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- expressing one's opinion, speaking one's mind, making known, revealing