List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
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)
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to abandon, to fail, to desert, to forsake
popular noun noun (generic)
- whistle (sound made with the lips)
popular JLPT N1 ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- wild, violent, rough-mannered, rude
- rough (e.g. work), crude, coarse, careless
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- rainfall, precipitation