List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- eating between meals, snacking
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- mishmash, miscellany, medley, jumble, mixture, odds and ends
popular noun noun (generic)
- steam whistle
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to smoke, to breathe in, to inhale
- to suck, to sip, to slurp
- to absorb, to soak up
- to kiss
popular noun noun (generic)
- nihility, nothingness
popular noun noun (generic)
- facing upward
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb dated term abbreviation hanafuda archaic
- close examination, careful investigation, close inspection, careful selection, inquiry, enquiry, scrutiny, testing
- investigation of a crime, inquiry into someone's guilt
- winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game)
- reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- bitter smile, wry smile, forced smile, strained laugh
popular JLPT N5 ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- light (i.e. not heavy), feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily)
- light (i.e. of foot), effortless, nimble, agile
- non-serious, minor, unimportant, trivial
- slight, small, gentle, soft, easy, lighthearted (e.g. joke)
- easy, simple
- indiscriminate
popular noun noun (generic)
- moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)