List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- engawa, external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses
- bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish), meat at the base of a fin
popular JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.), to assume the shape of, to turn oneself into, to transform oneself into
- to disguise oneself as
- to change radically, to metamorphose
- to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- cliff, precipice
- precipice, brink of a dangerous situation
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- flattery, compliment
popular noun noun (generic)
- evil deed, wrongdoing, crime, vice
- misfortune, calamity
popular noun noun (generic)
- great person, eminent figure
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) derogatory
- tuber, taro, potato, yam
- yokel, bumpkin
- dud, worthless thing
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to pull apart, to separate
- to have a lead over, to pull ahead of, to outdistance
popular noun noun (generic)
- haori (Japanese formal coat)
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- charity, benevolence, philanthropy, (love for) humanity, fraternity, brotherhood, brotherly love, love of fellow man