List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic)
- rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter
- seasonable rain
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to boil well, to stew, to simmer (for a long time)
- to cook (various ingredients) together
popular noun noun (generic)
- wheelchair
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ãŪ adjective (generic)
- bright person, talented student, prodigy
popular noun noun (generic)
- grip (of hand), grip strength
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N5 numeric prefix noun taking the genitive case particle ãŪ adjective (generic) suffix noun noun (generic) noun (prefix) card games
- one, 1
- best
- first, foremost
- beginning, start
- a (single), one (of many)
- ace
- bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
popular irregular okurigana godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become tense, to be tightened, to become firm (e.g. body)
popular noun noun (generic)
- whirlpool, maelstrom, vortex, eddy, swirl
- spiral (shape, pattern)
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- interval, space, interstice, threshold
- valley, gorge, ravine
- loophole (in a wall), crenel, eyelet
popular noun noun (generic)
- thousands, several thousand