List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb archaic
- being evenly matched, being equal with, being on a par with, being well contested
- eldest and second eldest brother, older and younger brother
popular noun noun (generic)
- egg white
- white-fleshed fish (e.g. tai, hirame, karei), white meat, fatty meat
- sapwood
popular noun noun (generic)
- winds and clouds, nature, the elements
- situation, state of affairs
popular noun noun (generic) counter
- shop, store
- counter for foldable things such as maps, etc.
popular noun noun (generic)
- footbridge, pedestrian bridge, pedestrian overpass
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- inclusion, comprehension, implication, containing, covering
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ
- prizing, valuing highly, esteeming
popular anatomy noun noun (generic) food, cooking
- cartilage
- nankotsu, (dish of) gristle (usu. of chicken, deep-fried)
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- one's own handwriting, autograph
- as written with a brush
popular noun noun (generic)
- long service