List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- inducing, causing, triggering, giving rise to
popular noun noun (generic) adverb
- the following week, the next week
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- shooting star, falling star, meteor
- blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
popular noun noun (generic)
- colleague, workmate, comrade, coworker
popular noun noun (generic)
- two great men
popular noun noun (generic)
- nations, states
popular noun noun (generic)
- war of words
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic)
- immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism), mountain man (esp. a hermit)
- person not bound by earthly desires
popular noun noun (generic)
- muddy stream
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kana form martial arts noun noun (generic)
- bamboo sword (for kendo), bamboo fencing stick
- bamboo sword